Once you're a felon, it's really hard to find stable employment and most end up going back to crime when the chips are low.

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.

But they also take a "buyer/renter beware" stance and their view, based on my interactions with building department and section 8 inspectors is: as long as the house does not have cracking or chipped paint, the chances of it effecting people is basically non-existent.  

He seemed sympathetic to my side and gave me a time period of my choosing - for which I suggested thirty days - to take care of the minor issues the inspector found: a chip off the steps, a basement leak and fixing a superfluous electric outlet in the upstairs bedrooms.

Asphalt (blacktop) needs to be resealed every few years, degrades (meaning chipping and rock displacement).

Nothing gets you out of the game faster than throwing chips in the pot with a losing hand banking on the cards changing.  

Seems to be a good strategy if you want to take some chips off the table at the height of the market, but still earn a nice return while keeping your money safe and liquid.

And then I had to soak and chip and scrape the thick layer of the calcimine off.

If the water tests good, and there's no obvious paint chips, it may have come from somewhere else. 

For example: Normal Wear & Tear Damage Worn and dirty carpet Torn, stained, or burned carpet Faded curtains Torn or missing curtains Worn out keys Lost keys Dirty window screens Torn or missing screens Faded, chipped paint Hole in the wall 21 signed a lease, a landlord may either divide the security deposit reimbursement equally among the tenants or reimburse the entire return amount to one tenant.