I would love to get connected with them and chip in on projects so I could learn the flipping process along the way

My girlfriend has had DRIPS with Milwaukee Electric for 40 years along with other Blue Chip companies.  

@Liz Boer If you're going to be living in LA during the week and going home on Fridays, AirBNB your LA property if it's close to any of the tourist destinations, depending on the property you can do Friday, Saturday, and Sundays at $200 per day and get you to over $31K to chip into that $50k target.

California could be way more landlord friendly than it is, and the STR's are getting chipped away and capped more and more. 

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/ Another example of economic growth is the upcoming Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital which is a 1.9million square foot hospital that will bring over 800 new beds and a thousand new jobs. https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/new-osu-hospital-expected-to-transform-health-careHere 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 Check out The Complete Guide to the Columbus, Ohio Real Estate Market which goes through the market here is a whole and can guide you to the areas that are most affected by this growth.  

Quote from @Chip Chronister: I invest in fort smith but what made you choose fort smith?

I also forgot to add that you should get a consumer-friendly credit monitoring app to take a look at what you can chip away at.

You are playing with bigger chips.

The old windows rub against the old paint causing it to grind against each other and chip, flake or slowly wear away. 

I believe it's an issue when lead paint is chipped or peeling.