And then finding an experienced active investor and putting passive IRA money into a deal with them and learning the ropes along the way.First of all, does this sound reasonable?

You have been given information now needed to be administered in your daily activities.

It’s so active and there are many here who are passionate, hungry, and on fire for RE.

Texas is a pretty active area. 

They are also more active than a 14-year-old lab that just lays around all day.

This was my first time and I really enjoyed my experience and now I am considering a second project - this time a flip - and I am actively looking for an opp. 

@Shane Colar there is a Texas forum that is pretty active if you ever want just some local advice. 

I would like them to actively look for properties for me on MLS and if possible outside MLS(may be properties that are not on public listing but are known is some internal network).I am still new to buying investment properties but is this common from real estate agents.

I am 24 years old currently active duty military.

I've been tracking every dollar in and out of my REI activities for the past few years and decided to back-test the numbers to answer the question: What if I would have put all those investment dollars into a super passive, super low cost index fund such as SPY?