As I looked further through the room I noticed paint flakes everywhere and the movie Tommy Boy came to mind like a flash: "did you eat paint chips as a kid".

Basically it is a chip installed in the computer of the washing mashing (like a USB Drive).  

I appreciate everyone who chipped in to help out.

I'm split-testing some decommissioned panels from a CA power plant ($65 each for 315W) that need chips repaired in the glass, versus some new demo units for $170/each for 300W. 

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.

Maybe don't put all of your chips on the table next time, but if you stick with it now you'll be ok in 24-36 months.

It's also provided an opportunity to shift some chips out of my local Portland market, which has become increasingly more hostile toward landlords over the years.

No landlord I ever had did that in any boarding house,  and whenever somebody (ahem me) tried to get people to chip in for things like TP,  I ended up buying the first bulk package,  and it all disappeared literally overnight.   

Granite is porous, I’ve had granite tops burned by curling irons, red wine stains, broken chips in it.

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-ohi...