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?

@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. 

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

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

Can you tell me about your experience with them? 

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... 

Has anyone had any experience with this process?

I would have been ok with the latter numbers because I have been stockpiling materials for like two months, but...I did not know if I could trust them due to the lack of "professionalism," and my lack of experience. 

I‘m also happy to travel to speak to groups or provide 1:1 coaching along your purchasing experience.