Intel is a great example, who is building the largest chip manufacturing plant in the US right here, and it will be a $20 billion dollar investment that brings a few new thousand jobs.https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2022/01/21/intel-ohio-building-computer-chip-factories-licking-county-jersey-township/9173472002/ Here are a few more recent investments https://www.10tv.com/article/money/business/hydrogen-power-company-hyperion-bringing-700-jobs-to-columbus/530-25907aab-5517-4661-a9f3-d2ed2d5be6b0 https://news.wosu.org/news/2022-02-08/rumpke-to-build-50-million-recycling-facility-in-columbus

Intel is a great example, who is building the largest chip manufacturing plant in the US right here, and it will be a $20 billion dollar investment that brings a few new thousand jobs. https://www.dispatch.com/story... are a few more recent investments https://www.10tv.com/article/money/business/hydrogen-power-company-hyperion-bringing-700-jobs-to-columbus/530-25907aab-5517-4661-a9f3-d2ed2d5be6b0

I make offers at prices that work for me, then generally ask for additional compensation - closing costs covered, rate buydown etc If chips went up to $10/bag, I wouldn't buy chips that week.

It's a big goal so I figured I would start chipping away now by learning.

If you must leverage i'd seriously look at New Albany Ohio where they are building those intel chip plants. 

It would be a mistake to highly leverage yourself or throw in all your chips on a new venture when the market has peaked, is on the way down, and nobody knows where the bottom is.Don't give up, but be cautious.

For this reason, i would suggest you stay away from FHA financing as the loan type itself is much more stringent on property condition. it is feasible to make this work, as long as you're not looking at something needing substantial renovation, but i have seen issues with chipping paint (just one example) which FHA is not cool with. 

Pushing all my chips in to an 8 unit apartment building down the street from my first duplex, in the western part of Massachusetts, a very tenant friendly state. 

If the owner is the one needing seller financing then you should at least have a bargaining chip to get his terms down. 

If Magnolia, Chip and Joanna Gaines empire, decided to sell, how many people do you think will raise their hands to try and take over their empire?