I hope to connect with others here that I can help in their investment ventures and also feed off the wealth of knowledge on this site so I can start my own investment ventures. 

@Jerry Brawner,Talk to your business attorney about setting up a joint venture (JV) for this.My $0.02...David J Dachtera

In looking into the fix & flip you may want to look for someone to partner with on your first couple deals just to get started and build some cash reserves for yourself or even do a JV (joint venture) with a private or hard money lender where you can get 100% funded.

I have a family member who is interested on my next venture, directed toward a multi unit.

Connect with me on BP as well and we can direct message for any questions you have on what you're trying to accomplish (I think it's a good strategy today with still cheap interest rates on HELOCs so you have cheap cash available for other ventures).

I work in the first mortgage realm, and have raised almost $2.00 million in joint venture funding for note acquisition.

If you have $35,000 it is much better to use that to actually buy a property or be a private investor for someone else's deal who you know and trust, or to joint venture with someone on a deal.

I have yet to hear someone say "It wasn't an IPO, it was actually venture capital money that I funneled into my savings account."

"Maybe" use the experience to venture into probate investing.

You approach them with a business venture with investor math to back it up.