How should I start my music media collection?

So I'm a teenage girl and really want to start collecting-I wanna say - hand held music, I just don't know where to start. I'm stuck between records and tapes. I would be fine with either, but I'm thinking that starting with tapes would be more reasonable. a family member of mine has a player, and tapes aren't to expensive compared to records. eventually, if I fall in love with collecting, I'll be old enough to save and buy a good quality record player and have enough space in my own home to store the player and records. please give me advice!!!