Venus grew up in Kershaw, South Carolina and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in political science. She got her real estate license in 2008. Within a few years, she was the top-producing agent at Meybohm Real Estate. By 2024, her practice had crossed $750 million in total sales volume and more than 1,650 transactions on Zillow alone. The story of how she got there is bigger than real estate, and most of Augusta knows pieces of it. The full version is in her book.