Look at population/migration trends and futures.

The construction of a Tesla semi-truck factory will create 3,000 to 5,000 permanent jobs in the future.

I have a hard money lender willing to work with me but I have to start with a small project.

Many of the announced projects haven't even been completed or just started. 

I am actually looking at potential house hacks in my area but I guess I’m kind of picky that if I did go that route I would eventually want it to be my family home in the future so I wouldn’t just pick any house to do that.

The welder needs builders insurance and should add you and the homeowner to his policy until project complete.

The best opportunity to get benefit from real estate investing is to invest in developing areas so that you can get maximum benefits in future.

We organize and manage the project with a good moral compass to guide us.

@Jonathan Tavarez  Would love to check you out when I come back up that way to check on my project.

The one caveat to this is that your loan repayments are made with after tax money that will be taxed again when the funds are withdrawn from your 401(k) at some point in the future.