Get a good mentor and get going.

a mentor.

Any tips on how to approach meeting people (mentors), funding (looks like it’ll take forever to save to buy a property with 20% down).

What would be some good ways to find team members or mentors in the areas that I've mentioned?

Ask if an experienced wholesaler can mentor you while you work with her. 

Do you want to start out flipping or buying single family rentals or eventually get into multi family or syndications.List any education or mentoring or events you'd like to partake in.

I been looking for a mentor around my market here in san angelo tx but no luck so far.

With the $27,000 difference you can begin investing in some interesting deals meeting your risk, time, and profit potential criteria.When put in this light how ridiculous is it that people will spend $38,000 for “mentoring” to “learn” one specific investing strategy that may not work for them, from someone who may not have successfully implemented the strategy himself or may have just been luckily if he had.

A mentor is more than a coach!

Would like to become a mentor someday to help others too.