It is a very detailed business and is sort of opposite the personality of most entrepreneurs/real estate investors. 

It's called Central Ohio Real Estate Entrepreneurs (COREE) and they have one main monthly meeting and three monthly subgroup meetings. www.centralohioreia.com.

No one will invest with you or work with you if you don't have a track record as a successful real estate investor, entrepreneur or business person in the past.Then, you need to get educated on the apartment syndication terminology and process so that you can communicate effectively with team member and investors and understand how to find, evaluate, submit offers on, conduct due diligence on, and asset manage apartment deals.

I'm sure you can attest; time management is definitely one of the biggest struggles that I face as an entrepreneur.

Likely, this is why you are interested in being and entrepreneur, and this also explains why they prefer to see you heading toward academia.Many students take a gap year; could you tee up your idea of technical school with that slant?

I've personally attended the Central Ohio Real Estate Entrepreneurs Association and Columbus Property Investors Association meetups before.

You want to move up the 80/20 leverage curve from technician to investor/entrepreneur. 

I learned the co-founder of Mattel was in the hospital recovering from cancer surgery and all she could talk about with her visitors was the next toy she was going to develop as soon as she was released.I also learned that entrepreneurs are calculated risk takers.

I am a part of some local entrepreneur groups and they're great but have very strict guidelines on how to promote your own endeavors.

@Dan Mumm I mentioned being an employee and wanting to move in the entrepreneur side of things.