House-hacking is one of the best ways to get your foot in the door of investing.

The water is not deep but it's a 5 foot drop down to it.

It's like you wouldn't go to a foot doctor for a heart problem, no offense to foot doctors.

Big Bear will get much more foot traffic.

Constructed in 1917 and recently renovated in 2023, this 8,500 square foot building stands on a 0.18-acre site and features a variety of living spaces including four two-bedroom apartments, one three-bedroom apartment, a spacious one-bedroom unit, and two commercial retail units.

According to the managing broker, if I put my head down and worked, I could make $15,000 in my first 12 months, give or take, because of the process of getting my foot in the door with meeting people, advertising, and so forth.

There are around 50 similar commercial office spaces, when they were build in 1990's they all were sold at approximately $120 per square foot.

otherwise i agree with the others - 50K just isn't enough...Hi Nicholas I’m starting to rethink my strategy and what would be the best option to get my foot in the door.

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 Columbus, Ohio market in depth and will give you a better scope of where the highest levels of growth are taking place and where to look to invest.

Actually I'd never touch that country with a 10-foot pole unless somebody pays me to invest there.