Robust job market: The city of Columbus boasts a diversified economy and many major employers in fields such as education, healthcare, and technology, which contributes to a constant need for housing.

@Joey MitchellPersonally, I would think of it as a reliable Technology, Consumer Cyclical, or Healthcare stock.

Here are some of the options for investing your retirement accounts: * Real Estate - including apartments, single family homes, and duplexes * Commercial property, developed or undeveloped land * Mortgages/Deeds of Trust * Publicly traded stocks, bonds, mutual funds * Private Limited Partnerships * Private Stock Offerings, Private Placements * Private Limited Liability Companies * Secured and Unsecured Notes * Judgments/Structured Settlements * Tax Sale Certificates * Car Paper * Factoring * Accounts Receivable * Commercial Paper * Equipment LeasingYou can also set up Self Directed Coverdell Education Savings Accounts for child education expenses and Self Directed Health Savings Accounts for health care expenses.What if you had a child who was 5 years old and you opened a Coverdell account for them with $500.

@Bruce FaulkPurchase: $80k-$130kRent: $1200-$1500ROI: 10-14%Cash flow: $250-$350/doorAppreciation: Double digit (for the past 10 years, can send data)Location: C+, B- (suburbs and certain markets)We have over a dozen Fortune 500 companies just in Metro Detroit with huge Healthcare, Auto, and mortgage industry National footprints.

Yes, you'll probably need to work a bit longer, and unless you have alternative healthcare (I get mine through the VA) you'll probably need more than $50k, but it's very doable in a short time frame if you're smart and lucky about it.

I ran into the same dilemma with being self employed and needing insurance..My wife and I were using golden rule which cost about $100 per month for the both of us up until ACA was passed and she was allowed back onto her parents excellent government job healthcare plan.

Health care premiums are not tax deductible.  

Look at us, we have a population that is in poor health with every 2nd person presently or soon diabetic, wide spread poverty, a level of crime and gun violence like no other country on earth, we managed to make education FOR-profit leading to massive student debt and universities being richer than small countries, if you travel a bit you can see that our infrastructure is worse than some of the ******** countries we look down on, our health care system is F'd up beyond believe, our food is one of the unhealthiest in the world, we are consuming ressources at a level that nobody can match, we are addicted to buying cheap crap nobody needs, have a dispose everything mentality, meanwhile our population is less happy than most of our peer countries.We just got back from visiting my family in Europe and after we landed at OHare and sat in a dirty, beat up shutte bus getting us to the parking lot over a cracked concrete road, garbage on the side of the road, power lines hanging everywhere, my US born wife shook her head said: I can't believe how run down and ****** everything is here..The US is a fantastic country and I have chosen to live here for a good reason, but we really need to get our head of our you know what and start thinking about where we want to be a few decades. 

I've worked in many sectors of manufacturing for a number of years, then transitioned to healthcare.  

The last one is a nurse so I am assuming she will probably be sick at some point, and since I consider her and all the rest of the health care workers heros I will do anything I can to help out there.