Once you figured that out, you want to focus on employer diversity and supply/demand. 

Top Reasons to Invest In The San Antonio Real Estate MarketStrong & diverse economy.Unemployment rate below 4%.A well educated productive workforce.#2 recession-proof city.

I don't mean to be too negative and of course, if you somehow could make the numbers work...well, this game is all about the numbers!  

What's the end game with the house, flip, rent out?

-See this as a long-term game.

I've been on here for quite a while and became knowledgeable in investing, so much that my clients felt 100% comfortable with me regardless of how fresh I was in the game. 

BP is full of syndicators of all experience levels from very to doing their first ones.my only comment is when you go the route of syndication you are now working in the world of HIGHLY regulated government agencies so you need to be on top of your game and prepared for it. 

This way they see you have skin in the game and they are able to immediately benefit from you.

If you were to ask any RE investor they'd probably tell you they wish they'd started sooner, considering you're only 18 puts you way ahead of the game.

Having your finances ready to pull the trigger at a moments notice is half the game.