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.  

Your best bet is to lick you wounds and move on.

.$42,000-$63,000 if you do everything yourself.Obviously this is making A LOT of assumptions but if I had to give you some back of the hand calculations those would be it.Good lick with your purchase in Columbus, Ohio.

Longer term, the baby will eventually be able to hold a paint brush, address and lick envelopes, clean rentals ;-) Just saying you can teach them the business early and they can get paid.

And when it does, lick your wounds, move on and don't EVER EVER give up.

It is very frustrating when people think that it is still 1993 and they can just say that they own a bunch of something and pass themselves off as an expert without showing one lick of proof...

Julie, PS: Give yourself more credit, you have the frugality thing licked already.

Yeah, us landlords do that in between touching hot stoves and licking frozen flagpoles.

I have built in motivation to not take shortcuts.And I normally don't get aggressive on here or do a wang contest, but I do admit I get a bit triggered by government boot licking replies.   

I'm not sure what the second would be, maybe the brother-in-law licks his finger to check to see which way the wind is blowing.