I recommend looking into areas near economic bases - close to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Ohio State Campus, New Albany, etc.

I would rather spend my mental energy elsewhere rather than on a creepy neighbor lol. 

@Lucas Carl All valid and good points, just curious of the economics of scale part.

Moreover, it turns out our drain connects to the main sewer line six houses away, on another street, at the end of the block.The only solution provided by Citizens Energy is to reroute our connection to a lateral drain across the street.

When I have used hard money, I have focused my energy on getting the project done as quickly as possible so it qualified for traditional financing.

Create anyway” We cant live life waiting for the next disaster, natural, economic, political, etc.

If you can't get inside, I would assume the economic vacacy above, and a full gut rehab. 

The market has a lot of baseline - economically friendly STRS but only a few luxury STR's, most of which are dated and drab.  

If you're trying to fund itself yourself for smaller commercial real estate, that's your choice but I'd take ags, minerals, energy, infra over that anyday of the week.

It really reflects broader market sentiment and economic conditions.