This is not for the faint of heart and you learn to become thick skinned and assertive, proactive and a hard lined manager/owner.There can be many things that can go wrong and things can easily get out of your control.But if you take a professional approach to things , plan and prepare, become knowledgeable and competent you can turn this toward your benefit and joy.

I've been very interested in the crowdfunding industry over the past few years, and think that BiggerPockets is a natural place for real estate crowdfunding to evolve - lot's of knowledgeable but low net worth investors here on the platform, with the intellect and background to invest, but lacking opportunity.I will be following this thread, and hope to see some great tips and advice.  

I think you have a good plan for wealth building through investing, but I would suggest partnering up with an experienced investor for your first few projects in order to get some skin in the game.

However, it was intended to solve the problems associated with majority owners of fractionalized interests being restricted by the lack of action or decision-making of minority owners.Have equal interests can be a disadvantage if a stalemate exists and your partner, when an entity or natural person, has different plans. 

It is my nature to be suspicious of especially good (looking) deals, I assume that I am missing something.Kelly

Everybody is different, and there is no right or wrong answer - it's comfort level.Obviously, because of the field I'm in, I do see the value of having insurance, but oftentimes investors may not feel that way if they have thin margins on a property, and are faced paying a large chunk of their profits for an insurance policy; especially in areas that have higher property premiums due to natural catastrophes, i.e., Florida.The bottom line is whatever amount you are willing to lose dictates if you will get that policy or not.

None of this has come easily or naturally.

That should also give me enough time to pay off a few grand of credit card debt and further educate myself on the nature of the business, thus further reducing the inherent risks in flipping.

High levels of personal assets; good credit scores; high income to debt ratio; relatively high levels of "skin in the game" (i.e. down payment, personal equity); a property that can be successfully converted to a sale in the case of default. 

And what would that mean for natural appreciation in the next few years?