Does anyone hear have any experience with either of these companies? 

I have it narrowed down to two agents, one has more general experience in the area and are part of a large organization.  

Does anyone have any positive or negative experiences?

Look for one that has other listings and experience in the area.

@Colby Burns  Agreed regarding the PM side with them (A member of my spouses family had a horrible experience with them)  Regarding the construction side, I cannot speak to. 

After talking with my mentor (He's a realtor with 20+ years experience) he suggested purchasing a rental property first.

@Nick HenryIt sounds like you want to gain experience to scale a portfolio over the 1-12k per year cash flow.

He used to troll these waters for suckers very hard until I found out that his claimed experience and transaction history was fake.

If you can get a single family home and have roommates, that's the most approachable strategy and will really allow you to know rather quickly if you hate managing rentals or not.Here's my experience starting at 22, and what I regretted from house hacking: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/922/topics/1133476-hous... 

I have investing a bit in REITS so that's something I just learned about recently.Regarding Peer-to-Peer Lending or CrowdfundinIs any any platform you have experience with that you could recommend?