You can start where you need to start. It's not about money. I've seen loads of posts in here where people have modified really cheap boards, and the results have been impressive. I am not talking about people who just buy cheap stuff off amazon, but people who have perhaps a cheap, office type mechanical board, and have spent a lot of time and effort modifying it to be better than it was. This is more impressive than posting photos of the latest thing you have bought. This hobby needn't be expensive at all. Id rather see someone spending time and effort on something than just buying a Key Cult. Spending money doesn't need skill and passion.

TL;DR?

>Am I considered into the hobby even if I don't have the money for it

Yes.