It's a very tough call to sell due to a job relocation.

Yes  buyvsome nice rugs that stay down on the corners .Ask upstairs tenants to be quiet.Ask upstairs ti see if rugs and talk helped. 

I focus on Columbus, Ohio, which has seen significant growth, especially with tech giants like Intel, Meta, Amazon, and Google setting up operations, driving up property prices and job opportunities.

I am looking at a duplex today that is very nice and built in the mid 90’s.  

There's no jobs and no real economy there. 

i'm wondering if we're "doing something wrong" here. we have a strong RE agent and attorney team. they do everything they can; maximum exposure, covering our a**ses, etc... and deals keep falling through.it's a very nice (subjective, i know) piece of land (1 acre) in residential chicagoland.does anybody have any tips to get it sold?

Do you want real estate to be a job or do you want it to become more passive while you pursue other things in life? 

I focus on Columbus, Ohio, which has seen significant growth, especially with tech giants like Intel, Meta, Amazon, and Google setting up operations, driving up property prices and job opportunities.

There's so many catalysts for population and job growth (Intel, Honda, Amazon, Nationwide Hospital, etc).

All it takes is a hand full of comps, new businesses, reasonable "average days on market" and an influx of population due to jobs and bam!!