19, Wanting to skip the renting phase and go straight to a mortgage

Executive Summary

I’m 19, I make $20/hr(about $41k/year though I look for overtime every chance I get and should be getting a $2 raise in the next month or so), live with my mom with no rent, credit score of 746, always paid my statements off in full, and I have about $3.5-4k in savings. My plan is to skip the renti...