I did know about the state's higher taxes, but having on-the-ground input on the business climate is super-valuable.Hot climates are unfortunately out; my girlfriend doesn't do well in them for health reasons.

Pea gravel or rocks can get messy.I don't know much about the climate in Omaha, but I would use some type of slow growing, low maintenance ground cover or shrubs.

Everyone can panic thinking the world is going to collapse over trade, tarriffs, war in Israel, Russia, China, North Korea, climate change, fires in the west, or you fill in the blank.  

Some problems that can arise with homes like this especially in colder climates is the lack of winterization and the effect that the weather and time will have on the materials. 

During the summer the climate is very wet down here. 

Both of my children and I have asthma and I've of my little guys is autistic with an anxiety disorder.

The other great thing about those areas is that labor costs run high and regulatory climates are severe, bottlenecking development of new apartments and giving a unique value proposition to single families for rental conversion.

What market(s) would you recommend a beginner focus on in today’s climate? 

Examples of such work or tasks include guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure, reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribed medications, calming a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack, or performing other duties.

I am looking at an empty big box store in a shopping center to put climate controlled self storage in.