The ceilings are textured (stipple) and they have smoke stains on them.

"The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago.

(Toyota-Mazda plant, Facebook, BAE Systems, etc).

@Vincent Plant Keep marketing the property until you find an applicant you feel comfortable with and meets your criteria.

A good sign of no insulation is lathe walls which are a rough texture wall unlike modern drywall.If the walls are not insulated you will have to look at the options and the cost involved to see if it will be cost effective.

The contamination came from a old smelting plant.

Outside looks like a prison, add a couple cheap potted plants near the entry to give a little happiness and pride.

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

I was wondering if they had "plants" in the audience from the lender itself to make sure the house did not go for the starting bid...

But just grow pot plants in it.