I will wait and see based on how my job prospects go before moving further with investing.

But wait.

Although I must admit that learning and getting educated is very,very important but you don't need to wait to read books on RE, title, escrows and contracts to get started.

The bank or asset company looks at all the reports and then instructs the listing broker to go off of that price to list the property for sale.During pre-list the bank or asset company will not talk to you and you have to wait for the property to be listed unless this is a small local or regional bank where their process and procedures are more flexible.Wells Fargo is a massive bank so you will have to wait for it to be listed.

From a pension fund managers perspective such investments make sense however given the minimal restrictions of individual investors, in addition to your comment, it appears as though investments in such funds/organizations really are very similar to investments in stocks or mutual funds and are therefore equally as passive.

I am even working on a transaction where we may build a public park on the land and hold it waiting for the neighborhood to improve.

One million whole foods waiting to be born through the do good B Corp label!

However I not have numerous buyers waiting for a property while I struggle to get one lol.

If it's not an emergency, it can wait til the next day.

There are prohibited transaction rules that you need to be aware of, but you can easily educate yourself about that.You will be able to continue minimizing your taxes by deferring portion of your income into Solo 401k (it allows you to shelter up to over $50K per year!!)