Pursued STR career

Good evening everyone,

(Im not quite sure if the flair matches with the post well but that’s aside the point)

I am a high school student who’s always shown a relative interest in real estate of some kind. I am now a Junior a looking to pursue it lifelong. I’ve been looking through what I would like to do for this, and Short Term Rentals caught my eye. I’ve done extensive research but being 16 I do not have a full idea of what this whole market is about.

(hate on me if you want). My plans were to attend college majoring in Finance and marketing. Assuming that will give me a “jump” in my knowledge So I won’t have to go in completely blind. My interest is mainly in Florida (being a TN resident) I would work for myself during the first year or 2 after the purchase of my first home/condo.

The whole goal I want to achieve is not only to own several beach homes/condos down in Florida, but to build up where I‘m considered a major real estate firm if you will. Again, I’ve done research on lots of things (like weather insurance, HOA costs, etc) but before I think about wanting to put my future self 100% into this I would really love to hear from people who have hands-on experience in this field or have knowledge on it. Whether it’s possible mainly, what it would take, etc. I know it’s not going to come easy but I’d be ready to take on anything I have to.