@Oles Street A good way would be to learn about what you want to do first by reading books and listening to podcasts, and networking with experienced investors. 

@Paul KitThe issue it appears you are not grasping is that all activities of your IRA must be entirely at arm's length and may not intersect with your personal finances in any way.

@Oles Street Educate yourself, network with other investors, identify your target market, work with realtors to find properties, do more networking, build your team and make a leap to buy that 1st property.

TTK (texasturnkeyproperties.com) and it’s affiliated property management RPM Preferred are very active among investors especially those out of state.

ADUs are their specialty and they've got a active sites in the bay area that you might be able to visit. 

Sometimes depending on the city or town there may be more activity when people are out of work.

When you start running active business in your IRA, such as wholesaling, the income from such business activity will be subject to Unrelated Business Income Tax, which tops at almost 40%.

Looking for a RE attorney/title attorney, GC, and/or realtor that is willing to put some skin in the game and be active with me in searching for and closing deals.

You can offer them 9% which is going to beat the ROI they'd consistently get on Wall Street, and you're going to pay them 0 to 1 points, which is going to beat what any HML will charge you.

I work full time as a tax manager (for now...) but I hope to become more active in this community and look forward to networking with you all.