@Christine Sparks I'm also interested in attending any local REIs if anybody is planning on organizing a meet up for LA investors! 

@Jon HillIn an easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way...I now take better care of myself and transform my body to emanate youth, vitality and vigor.

I think you would find an end buyer for a $25k-$200k wholesale deal much faster (More people have access to this type of cash) then a $21M 96 unit apt Complex.Just some questions to spark a thought process.

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.

Great replies, I'd have to say since I started in this field I've caught myself being stuck in two minds, Of loving the idea of passive income and the awesome ways that real estate can create and spark that. 

Real estate sparked this fire and I don’t see it being extinguished any time soon!

A short visit to MCRD may transform your thinking.

Haha it has definitely sparked quite the commenting spree. 

@Damaso BautistaIf spouting off California codes of law is your way of sparking a conversation, then we have different interpretations of a conversation. 

Make your day job all about real estate and use the networking from there to help spark your own RE portfolio.