Mentorship and joint ventures are excellent ways to gain experience, and it’s essential to start small, communicate clearly, and build trust.

No idea who regulates a crowd funded venture...isn't that idea that many, many people put in a little bit of cash to create a large pool?

About last year I made a business venture whilst in college in something called Amazon FBA and I asked a forum just like this one and everyone told me it has way more risks and that they are not confident that it is a solid investment/idea.

I'm venturing into multi-family purchases through them now, and we will see how that goes.I appreciate @Tyler Jahnke documenting the realities of his experience with them, instead of speculating on what "could be" based on horror stories heard from someone who has never actually invested with the company.I can attest to the communication leaving something to be desired, and I can tell the company is working on that aspect, but the true end goal of consistent cashflow seems to live up to it's promise so far, 18 months on.

If you don't have an estate plan in place, you should also be considering that to align with your business ventures.

Best of luck with your new venture! 

Any tips on where to begin my venture is greatly appreciated also.

You will also be able to show you have good cash reserves, good credit, a W2 (they don't care about job gaps) and you were part of a successful Joint Venture with an experienced fix-and-flip investor.  3.

I mentioned these specifically because the people running them have high integrity and what I would caution people on is all the new debt funds popping up that are being used to fund their other ventures that are in trouble.

I’m still in the learning process of what avenue of investing I want to venture down, and about a year ago I signed up for a course to become a realtor but then backed out as it wasn’t the right time to devote that kind of studying.