You need to keep chipping away to create a brand.

Now I don’t know if that’s the case or not, but maybe it would give me a bargaining chip with this guy.

Hi Ian,This is totally not what you want to hear, but if you are planning on using that cash in the next 5 years, you probably don't want to risk it in stocks, no matter how blue chip.

Of course there are also exceptions to the Mrs.....think Chip and Joanna....or maybe Tarek and Christina.   

However I am still moving forward and chipping away at it.

Right now the original Guy A pays for the full rent and his two unathorized roommates chip in as well. so if I have the two new tenants sign the lease, I would want to make sure they rent as long the first guy A to make sure I dont lose any rent. 

So far they've held up very nicely with no chips or peeling.

Because the home is pre-1978, the appraiser required some chipping paint to be dealt with prior to closing.

Now they're responsible for code upgrades that could have been avoided by not tearing out the lathe and plaster to put up drywall when it could have just been re-textured and painted or just covered in your Chip and Joanna shiplap right on top of 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-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.