I am ramping up on this very quickly.Cultivate some private lenders (or hard money sources)Keep learning everything REIf you are a potential private lender or hard money lender I would love to talk to you as that is the next item on my checklist to figure out.

If I decide later to start a construction business (actively building and selling new spec houses), assuming this is taxed as ordinary income with social security, etc and treating the homes as inventory - if you build a house, then sell it, then spend that money building a second one, but don't sell it until the next year, then sell it, then build another, can you effectively push off the taxes as you are rolling the sale proceeds into new inventory costs / construction costs? 

Thanks for your input guys, it’s a big project for it being my first but I’m willing to take it on, the income potential is there and I can’t pass it up... the funds I can get, just want an idea of what I will be spending..

So, I see two options for you:Find yourself an adult relative or acquaintance who knows you well to assist you on your great investment adventure, or;Spend the next two years here on BP and elsewhere absorbing everything you can about real estate investment, and then hit the ground running the second you turn 18.Either way, you're bound to learn a ton and experience outrageous personal growth!

They offer ad campaigns where you set your price of how much you want to spend. 

Your property your rules, you can do whatever you want but if you are looking for a "fair" solution you can split the yard with a fence so you each have your own private space.

@Paul Daniels those are the two methods most often used, but if you do not want to go conventional or hard money, you would either have to go with private financing, or using some personal lines of credit you may have.

Ignore everything from him and respond only to things from a lawyer he (will never spend the money to) hires.

I am interested to hear people's advice on either of these approaches, or even the possibilities of teaming up with a private investor to help with a portion of the down payment.

Also, I'm in a very small private real estate investment group that is looking at purchasing property this year.