Home to The Ohio State University with nearly 60,000 students, 5 fortune 500 companies, over +25% population change since 2000, 2016 smart city challenge award winner gaining 50 million dollars in funding from the government ( https://www.columbus.gov/smartcity/), Intel is spending 20 Billion dollars to build two semiconductor plants, and many many more great things presently and coming in the future.

Harry Helmsley (before he let Leona ruin his life), became a billionaire when a billion was still A LOT of money, and started as a broker with no capital of his own.  

@Steven WesolowskiI have worked for several billion dollar companies who were developers and contractorsThere are on other boards and councils, worked with local officials on the fine line of jurisdictions over reach and what is requiredThey ran their business like a professional company with values and ethics.

With 98% of PR considered an Opportunity Zone, and billions earmarked for infrastructure improvements, I believe Puerto Rico is entering a new Renaissance.

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/ Here 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

In comparison for Nevada, Reno has more niche stability (Tesla just announced its investing $3.8 billion more here) and is a hotbed for the wealth out of the Bay Area.

Saint Luke’s East Hospital announced a $52 billion expansion project in April.

Columbus has experienced so much growth for the past few years, partly due to the influx of tech giants like Intel ($20 billion), Meta, Amazon, and Google building warehouses and data centers in the area, which has contributed to an increase in property prices and more people moving into the city for job opportunities.

That said, you're not going to go from zero to a billion dollar portfolio overnight.

CDOs accounted for $800 billion and single handedly drove the economy into the worst recession since the Great Depression.