I would definitely invest some of your earnings either in a personal house or income property.When I was a new agent like yourself not getting what I needed from my broker, I hired a real estate coach through the Tom Ferry organization.

That is MY equity to earn.  

Your buyer agent can invest some time with you, because at some point in the future, they expect to earn a commission.

., former employer 401k) to a solo 401k are not reported on Form 5498, but rather on Form 5500-EZ, but only if the air market value of the solo 401k exceeds $250K as of the end of the plan year (generally 12/31);When funds are rolled over or transferred from an IRA or 401k to a self-directed IRA, the amount deposited into the self-directed IRA is reported on Form 5498 by the receiving self-directed IRA custodian by May of the year following the rollover/transfer.Rollovers (provided the 60 day rollover window is satisfied) from an IRA to a Solo 401k or self-directed IRA are reported on lines 15a and 15b of Form 1040;Pre-tax IRA contributions on reported on line 32 of Form 1040;Pre-tax solo 401k contributions are reported on line 28 of Form 1040;Roth solo 401k funds are subject to RMDs;A Roth 401k may be transferred to a Roth IRA (Note that from a planning perspective, it may be advantageous to transfer Roth Solo 401k funds to a Roth IRA before turning age 70 ½ in order to escape the Roth RMD requirement applicable to Roth 401k contributions including Roth Solo 401k contributions and earnings.)

Take (Total Profits/Months to sell) to see what you earn in each month. 

There is no reason you can't earn enough to pay cash for that Bend property (then it will be a cash flowing machine and you can also afford to buy a second home there (with cash).CONSISTENCY IN EVERYTHING AND FOCUS

The manager should never earn incentives to keep a vacant rental.I'll pipe in from experience six years has shown me about rental firms: Here on the west coast, specialty firms tend to have the most rentals and the highest level of complaints.

Staying somewhat liquid yet earning some kind of return is the balance I'm looking for

When an IRA engages in a trade or a business on a regular basis, such as flipping houses, a tax known as UBIT applies.So, a leveraged flip is pretty tax intensive under an IRA.Note that passive earnings such as interest or rent from real property do not have these tax implications.

It is almost $71k per unit and earning $750 per month for that.