I do pay a couple hundred dollars extra to principal to keep chipping away at the loan as we do not live on this money but rather to get us to FI.

Being young and having a small chip on your shoulder is not always the best way to go about life, but hey it worked for me, and I hate to say it, but many many maaany of the naysayers and people that laughed at me are now the ones swinging by my projects, asking advice, pitching their ideas to me and wanting in on things.

Leave a trailof  some potato chips , chetos , and other munchies .

It's a "blue chip" city of real estate.

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.

Not in general, but it was down so much it was a no brainer, I bought a lot of Simon Property Group, Store Capital, Realty Income, and Federal Realty Trust back in March and the beginning of April. 3 of them are The blue-chips of retail REITs. 

Foreign nationals will purchase property in order to hold their money in a blue chip investment.  

Then when chips were back up, the naysayers were 'searching for deals'.

You pick up a bag a chips.

We also have very specific questions we are hoping that the BP community may be able to chip in and advise on:What is a recommended local title company to work with?