Im also interested in starting to invest in housing whether that be flipping, BRRR, etcMy wife, 54, is newly positioned social worker and climbing to what she feels is her max with clients.

If you were able to build equity over time, it could be smart to sell, pay off your loan, and use the money for another venture (flip, investments, etc) if it is truly bleeding you out.

Find an older one who'd rather sit back and get the interest than the higher return higher involvement of another flip.

If acquiring, do you want to fix/flip or BRRRR?

We are in both of those markets for fix and flips & buy and holds.

(fix and flips) Hello, What is it that you are actually looking for?

Not only does it have excellent potential as a house hack, but it also offers significant upside for a live-in flip.

Take your flip profits in CA, and buy with those profits for CF in the Midwest. 

Build - rent - refinance -repeat. in columbus ohio you are buying old houses that are 1900 or 1920 or 1940 and you are in a sellers market. on the other hand you can source land which is a buyers market and build single family homes or duplex or triplexes that will return by renting and pulling cash out on a DSCR loan and doing it again. there aren't a lot of strategies that do this. flipping is different. so many risks. but when someone has a well oiled machine it's all good and less risk.

And if you are doing a short-term deal (flipping, etc.) what is your appetite for risk?