My ultimate goal is to build a successful network marketing company that will pay residual income for me to retire on. Don't tell me it won't work and that mlm is a scam, because I KNOW I can succeed with the training I have and the people I know. Now, my plan to get there is to become a massage therapist (to support myself) by going to massage school and getting licensed in a state to begin practice. I will work as an employee for a year or so until I can build a clientele for my own practice. In the meantime, I will be finishing my GED and after about a year of working as a massage therapist I will focus on my Business major in Marketing so that I will be more effective in building my own practice. By the time I earn my degree, my earning power will rise, I will have learned the necessary skills from my major to create a successful private practice, and I will have enough money to support myself to live somewhere. Now, the questions. What state would be best for me to move to, so I can attend a four year college to earn my bachelor's degree, MEANWHILE, the first year attending an accredited massage school, then becoming license, then the next year in my GED, working to support myself, then beginning my own private practice, MEANWHILE, focusing on my major and learning valuable skills to help me not only building my clientele, but also building my network marketing downline, then when I earn my degree and earning power rises and I have my own practice, building my mlm business to eventually retire. So the question is, what state would be BEST, for attending a massage school, meanwhile attending a good four year college to earn my Bachelor's degree, has good job prospects for being a massage therapist, and a good location for this as well, and has a moderate or low cost of living, low enough to support myself in college and as a massage therapist and eventually self employed? I know I have a lot of info here, but I want everyone to understand my plan EXACTLY, and point out any logistical flaws here that I may have missed in my limited amount of time I've researched this career. I'm not asking you to criticize my passions and dreams, I'm just looking for information, and valuable advice. Anything I should be concerned about? Can I support myself doing this? By the way I am 16 and live in California, and my parents have a little money saved up for college, not much...