Seems he left his warehouse there.

This is common in the lower income SF space and also see this frequently with warehouse conversions to smaller office/studio spaces.

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.

He also gave me some advice to find some local furniture warehouses with huge discounts. 

And no offense, but the temperatures in Austin are nothing compared to what people deal with in upstate NY.The power company doesn't control the weather.

Nation-wide, or even regional lenders, would have their capital source (whether it their own or a warehouse line) set up and it wouldn't interest them to reach out to individuals for money to fund their loans. 

I am thinking the commercial (industrial/manufacturing/warehouse) hops the river to Battleground and Ridgefield in WA as the next hot spot.

Columbus has experienced so much growth in recent years, partly due to the influx of tech giants like Intel ($20 billion), Meta, Amazon, and Google establishing 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.

I am in Arkansas, we have freezing temperature a few days / year.  

.- Jobs are moving North, for example, Tesla signed a lease for 245k sqft warehouse in Marysville. 3) I avoid King County and will not invest in Seattle. 4) Depends what you want to look at and for what strategy.