This was the most unprofessional business I've ever used.

'Just discovered this group in researching what REIAS there are throughout the Dallas Fort Worth areas and apparently they are the largest group in the state of Texas. 

Have you ever built from the ground up and is there land available that would even make it make sense near you? 

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.  

I have a very picturesque property that I have thought of using as an Airbnb type situation, initially with a building not is use....however I am on a creek, with a little dock. I was thinking of possibly just doing a...

We NEVER, EVER, EVER, return a deposit until the tenant has vacated and we have inspected.

It's often because people don't want to do the research or work necessary to get prepared to invest so they do things like talk about LLCs, scaling, and look online at hundreds of properties before ever seeing one in real life.The antidote is to go to real estate investing meetups, as many as you can, and never miss.

I can get them but not as easy as I used to and I have one of the larges=t networks in Cleveland, Good luck 

I was fine but folks basically wanted to rent for less than my cost of electricity... haha so that one was a failure but the 2007-11 years which were pretty apocalyptic :-)  I don't think Margaritaville is ever going to make sense as an investment property because of the prices and the HOA fees.

How would anyone ever get out?