I have a friend renting a house in Thousand Oaks, CA for $6,500/month. 

Casa View in East Dallas, West Dallas around Singleton and Hampton, Oak Cliff is where I would start looking.

Oak Cliff and far south Dallas have high crime rates.

However, you can use the renegotiation process to get updated financial statements and then if financial condition has deteriorated since the originally lease use that information as a negotiating chip to throw on the table when the time is appropriate, assuming their financial condition is still acceptable.Note: if you question whether a former brokerage has a claim to commissions (they do not necessarily have to be actively involved in a subsequent transaction to have such a claim) my suggestion would be to stop moving forward with lease extension negotiations until you're able to clarify who is owed what by whom and when. 

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 investmentshttps://www.10tv.com/article/money/business/hydrogen-power-company-hyperion-bringing-700-jobs-to-columbus/530-25907aab-5517-4661-a9f3-d2ed2d5be6b0https://news.wosu.org/news/2022-02-08/rumpke-to-build-50-million-recycling-facility-in-columbusCheck 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.

They come in Oak, espresso, and white I think.

My suggestion would be to look at the smaller cities closer to DFW if you want someplace with possibilities of growth and expansion....any of the cities around Weatherford and Decatur....Springtown, Boyd, Azle, Hudson Oaks, Aledo, Cleburne, Granbury, etc.That's just my gut feeling.   

We added some accent hardwoods in a dark cherry recently along with the dark carpet and it really is an eye catcher.edit: the home we live in was built in 2007 and was a parade of homes winner and it has a relatively dark carpet matched with golden oak hardwoods and a bunch of earthtone wall colors, which works quite well.editx2: don't reinvent the wheel.

@Trevor Barrett I'd look outside of financial advisors as when I was new I did the same and got the answer of 'buy REITs, buy blue chip stocks, stay away from risk, 2-4% a year is good move."

I’d like to get the roof on and the water damaged portions of the house gutted, then chip away at the rest of the repairs over the next year or two as I get more cash flow.I may propose a seller financed deal where I give him a down payment of $5k or so, then pay the rest off over two or three years.