I'm 19 and i want to start investing, lately ive been thinking about buying a property to rent but there are a lot of risks with that (damage to the property that i have to pay for repair, interest rates and those sort of things) and then not to mention the type of debt i'll be in because i would have to borrow money. that's why now i have been thinking about buy shares because this way i wont have to borrow money. ive been thinking about spending $15.000 on maybe two or three types of shares at first (that's australian currency). i heard you get profit off those shares at the end of the year to spend on buying more shares. i don't plan on getting rich quick here, i plan on keeping these shares for about 10-12 years before selling. one problem, i know nothing about the stock market or what shares to buy, any advice on where i can learn (web site's perhaps)? do you think what I'm talking about here can work as in spending $15.000 on two or three shares at first? i want to keep buy shares as much as i can, i have no limit i just want to keep saving some money from working and invest some of it in shares whenever i can. my dad has a good accountant which i'll probably talk with him about because i heard accountants are good with shares and stock markets and stuff like that. any advice is welcome.