18 years a freshman age with no idea about what is going on in life, stuck between multiple choices in career, looking forward to making the “right” choice. This won’t change but a small piece of advice can be to invest or start thinking about real estate, this choice you can take without any regret.
Advice
As an 18 year old teen, I would tell myself to think about real estate, get involved in real estate, be curious about real estate and learn more and more about the properties, start networking with successful property dealers, real estate agents, and start following successful realtors.
Mindset during your 18’s
Think of yourself as a realtor, investor and an entrepreneur. Being an entrepreneur is all about helping others in an innovative way, solving people’s problems, etc, and being more independent of your parents.
Hustle for 18’s
With managing your family business, start investing in real estate as a side hustle, grab more and more information about the properties nearby your area and hunt for opportunities. It can be working as a real estate agent or anything similar to that, renting spaces. Flip the personal residences, Fix and flip the personal residences, all in the tighter time frame i.e in a few months and not in two years.
Know your value as 18
Instead of working for lower wages like $1.35/hr, work as an assistant and hustle for the investors.
Conclusion
As an 18 you should invest your time, energy, money in real estate, start thinking as Realtor & Entrepreneur, Help people to buy their dream homes.
Side Hustles in Real Estate you can start as 18 years old
Flip Personal Residences
Fix the Residences and flip them for higher Rates
Start working as an assistant or hustler for other realtors
Start Finding good properties to sell online or offline
You can find your mentor for you real estate journey here.
Source – Interview with Real Estate Investor Russ Scheider