Working in construction can give you a leg up here- you can probably eyeball  a fixer upper and get some numbers going mentally to calculate the scale of project you are taking on. 3.

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.  

The mental game can be the hard part for me.

You would be surprised how many people sue their landlords  because of the 3, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8 second hand smokers affect their health and anyone that touches the door knobs.

How are you affording health insurance?

You can use recent purchase price and go up to 75% LTV with 650+ fico if property is 70% occupied with no health and safety issues. 

Problems are where entrepreneurs make money by mentally reverse engineering the word into OPPORTUNITY at the very beginning.  

Often the seller isn't really dealing with reality well - saying 'mentally challenged' is probably an over statement - but they are so desperate, or in such a bad way for whatever reason,  they will grasp at any straw put in front of them.  

I used to manage them by myself but as I began having health issue relocated to California during the pandemic, I handed over most of them to a property manager who is also my real estate agent.

Ensure your property complies with all local health and safety codes.