Great post.I have not paid federal taxes in 3 years, legally.

@Daniel Vandenbos  Pottsville is the county seat so the county government is there, also Yueugling Brewery is there. 

I've just reached a point where I can start saving money, so I'm looking for advice and guidance on how to begin investing, especially using grants or government funding.

I like the fact the Little Rock is the capital of Arkansas and there's a couple military bases that are north of town so there's tons of government jobs.

Related: VIRGINIA TAKES FARM LAND | Local Government Condemns Farm Land for BIG TECHI didn't realize the volume of water required for cooling of these data centers. 

Tampa Bay has a great mix of federal and private investment. 

For better or worse - in other words, I make no judgement on the wisdom or strategy of Congress in structuring incentives this way - our government has decided that RE and a couple of other business strategies should be the lowest-taxed enterprises that can be attempted.

I hope that helps with the basic differences of the two.This does depend on the loan type and the state laws that govern the transaction.  

I also wanted to see if anyone had any experience with getting government grants to build affordable rent homes?

Our government has laws restricting lenders from closing loans that are small loan and high cost so many will not touch these even if investor.