I like white, neutral (like white oak) and black.  

In Columbus I would look into neighborhoods south east of Downtown, such as Merion Village, Livingston Park, and Old Oaks. 

He does commercial investing and notes, mostly.You mentioned flipping houses 4 hours out for under 1.5 - I would look closer and try and find a small flip in the following neighborhoods: Sylmar/Sun Valley - Shadow Hills adjacent, Sun Valley - Burbank adjacent, Van Nuys - Sherman Oaks adjacent, Van Nuys/North Hollywood - Burbank adjacent.

North Linden, South of Main, Vassor Village, Woodland Park, MT Vernon, Milo-Grogan, Franklinton, Merrion Village, Hungarian Village, Southern Orchards, Driving Park, Olde Towne East, Franklin Park, King Lincoln, Old Oaks, Livingston Park are all but not limited to some areas in Columbus, Ohio I think will gentrify quickly and make for great long term buy and holds.

We am looking to purchase a commercial lot in Georgetown TX, and the lot has almost 5 heritage oak trees, the lot is around 0.9 acre.

My current policies are SafeCo (through Steadily broker), Southern Oak (through Integrity Insurance broker), and Mercury (through SureInsure Insurance Agency).Best of luck!!

Which of the following small towns would be the best bet for future appreciation: Jasper, Clanton, Eva, Oak Grove? 

Just off some basic research I found oak ridge and maryville.

I'm looking for durable furniture, linens, construction materials, things like that.I have and STR and an MTR and the maintenance things just keep piling up: LVP cracking, paint chipping/peeling/bubbling, walls constantly getting marked up, dining chair bolts coming loose, stains on every piece of cloth and furniture. 

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.