Thanks for the advice. Even with my limited B.R. i think i will take your advise and play live before depositing money into a site.
Will read the tom jones book on limit hold em. And found a few good DVDs about limit I found on the net. I understand the basics but i know theres a lot more i could learn. The times i played sucessfully was at a canadian casino (casino windser to be exact) , but since i turned 21 i played about a month ago here in Detroit at greektown and it discouraged me. Mainly the problem was i didnt wait to get seated at a real table and they have like electronic games where the cards are dealt to you on a screen. And flop comes on a screen. No real cards and no dealer. And it was like 4 handed. Outcome wasnt too good. Lost only 50 , and pretty much regreated not waiting to be seated to a real table.
What should my bankroll be at once i do build one playing limit before moving to no limit which is my real passion.

since i won't probally be making it to the casino but maybe 2 or 3 times a week i might still invest a little to an online site to just play low stake tourneys just to help practice.My main game is sit n go's Ive have read quite a few articles on strategys for them. I'd like to sharpen my skills with atleast some insentive instead of playing them for play money. I know the local casino right across the border in canada holds tournaments almost everyday. But the buy in is $50 or $100 which my B.R. will not be able to support. So i think playing the low stakes SNGs , and a few M.T.T. Sngs would probally help me out and eventually when my B.R. get's right from playing limit i can enter the $50-$100 ones at the casino.

Mainly the question was is it a good idea to be studying both games and playing both or should the focus be on one or the other.

My main goal for the future goal is to be a good cash game player. But it just seems the $5 SNGs and M.T.T. is easy money. There's not much time involved.

Do you mean by my return on investment (is that what ROI mean? I do not understand EVERY acynoym used here yet) in Sngs and MTTS would mean i'd be making less money an hour than if that time was spent at a limit table? ....

I don't really wanna spend more than maybe a few days , with a few hours sessions depending on how im running playing live. Which in no way means i don't want to be spending the rest of my time ( a lot of the days) playing more poker. My home game isn't often enough so that's why i was thinking about playing Sng's online. Because i guarentee even if i play 3 or 4 times a week for 3-4 each day live i'll still want to learn and play more when I'm at home , and the days i don't go to the casino.

What about you personally , is your opinion biasied or do you play both online and live?