Those meetups are a great way to soak up relevant info from other active investors.

A quick look at groups near Camp Pendleton shows plenty of activity from folks seeking housing.

I am not very good at being active on bigger pockets, however I just downloaded there app.

This would help us benchmark and explore simpler alternatives while understanding how complex the structure mentioned above truly is.I assume they are not actively managing their business?

Is it good or bad with a lot/little REI activity?

At this point I was fearing for my property as it was actively being damaged.

As Account Closed mentioned, the first question is to decide if you want to invest actively or passively. 

For Livermore, the activity is slower compared to the general Bay Area so you would need to be more cautious on picking the right property to flip, and the margin has to be large enough for it to make sense.

Are there people in Fort Worth that are actively involved in wholesaling and/or fixing fliping?

This is what I am encountering, in the current Mortgage Industry.If you think you will go FHA, Conventional, FHA 203k, etc. and then Quit Claim the property, to a Corporate Entity, or a Land Trust you run the risk of the lender discovering a Title Transfer occurred and activating the "Acceleration Clause" or "Due on Sale Clause" that requires the loan to be paid in full, within 'x' number of days.