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

I am open to book suggestions, podcasts, YouTube videos, articles, ANYTHING!

I wrote the general approach I come at asset protection in my article "5 Pillars of Asset Protection," so you can check that out for more of a high-level approach to asset protection.The second two questions are more based on how you want to approach investing - and generally I would encourage people to just imagine and compare the best-case-scenario versus the worst-case-scenario.

This article does a pretty good job of explaining who qualifies and who doesn’t.https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/19/irs-expands-eligibility-to-take-coronavirus-related-withdrawal-from-retirement-savings.htmlI hope that helps.

I seem to remember seeing an article on this exact subject that I think you can read HERE. 

Another newbie question...So I read this article ... https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/pre-approval-vs-pre-qualifyingI understand that pre-approval is key to make sure you secure the house you really want if it comes onto the market, because surely other people will want it to. 

I would avoid any mention of a protected class (Stating "open to rent to females" is discrimination because you are specifying you are only open to rent to females).There is a very good article on PB regarding this as well that touches on this.

This means that you will need to pay registration and filing fees in at least 2 states if you don’t buy CA property.This article goes into a lot of the considerations about whether to form an LLC or not: https://www.mmpph.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/May-2019-newsletter.pdfBe sure to tell your accountant that you now need to file non-resident income tax returns in each state where you own property as well.

@Ann Bellamy thank you for referring me to your article on the subject.

Here is an interesting article that I found on NAA.com.