Great relationships are earned, not forced or coerced.

., and where in that area you would feel most comfortable putting your hard earned money.

Cash is far to valuable to have it sitting stagnant not earning it's keep.

To scale you never bury money in a rental, you send it out to earn it's keep.

Make them earn your trust and let them know and understand your goals.Until you are satisfied with Team members try to stay in control of those things you are responsible for and when your trust is made let them be on their own and not under your control.  

Also how would this then work with income generated, from a tax perspective, meaning, the gains are earned by the LLC but needing to be put back into the IRA I would assume.

Additionally, you have to be careful with IRR because it can overstate your earnings, and is not a perfect metric by any means.

At your stage, invest in yourself and find a way to earn while you learn (return on sweat for now, return on investment later) ... no downside risk and infinite upside potential ... that will put you in a real solid place in the future on where and how to invest to max your profits while insulating yourself from any reasonable downside risk the market may throw at you along the way.

Find ways to earn more.  

I currently have a full time job working for the government but I'm ready to quit and do real estate investing full time.Good for you ... in the meantime, you can go part time, though realistically that may be difficult to do as a commercial agent, but doable as a residential agent which would still teach you a ton and earn some extra for investing in the process.