2-10k capital to invest looking for a good market, Any advice??

[Taylor Mohr]

I have about 3k saved right now and planning on building it up to 10k. I live in southern california and the market out here is far out of my price range. Im looking at some place probably midwest where i can put my capital to better use. Im looking at rentals not buying and flipping. If the opportunity to flip comes up i will, but that is not my main focus. Any ideas on what state/area i should look into??