tbinvestor,
I'm 25 years old and still live at home with my parents and don't pay board
. I always find it amusing and sometimes annoying when people get irritated at the fact that I get to live at home rent free when they pay board or left home when they were young and had to do it tough.
I have been working on average 65 hours per week in 2 jobs for the last 2 and a half years and bought 2 investment properties 12 months ago. I consider myself very lucky to have parents that have given me the chance to get ahead in life while I'm young and able to do it.
Some people think that people like you and I are selfish & spoilt as mentioned earlier but my response to them is, just because you don't agree with the way parents raise their children, doesn't mean that they are wrong.
Whether parents let their kids stay at home until they are ready to leave or make them pay board or kick them out and let them learn to fend for themselves, the goal is to make sure their kids realise that life isn't easy and you have to make some important decisions that will impact on the future.
You will encounter many different people in your life with many different views. Investor888 could have given you some good advice on where to get started but chose to criticise you so my advice to you is don't listen or worry about people like him of her.
The people you need to listen to will be more than happy to help you and give you advice and the people that critisie will be the ones left behind.
Back on topic:
Read as many books as you can, go to as many free seminars as possible, go on as many forums as you can and most importantly ask as many questions as you want because there is no definative answer in property investing.
There are so many different ways to invest in property that you have to learn as much as you can and then decide which path you want to take.
You are in a very good position at the moment financially and I think the next move you make will either speed up your money making or slow it down. You need to make sure you don't get into a position where things will fall apart if something goes wrong.
George