I am a former Real Estate Investor, my health was in question for about 4 years, and I have lucky and blessed to finally start to get back into the Game, I have never had any experience in apartment complex investing, my family have managed units for more than 30 years, that was my mother and she is not here anymore...in talking to the owner of the Complex, I see he doesn't have the effective managerial experience to do the job well enough, and the units are becoming deplorable, he has a gold mine, because where the units sit, right now the units, sit maybe within a mile to two major universities, one being UOH, that would be the University of Houston, and the next would be TSU, and that would be Texas Southern University, not ivy league, but top Universities, and the area supports it with what it cost to live in this area, that being said....He wants a ridiculous amount, for the units, but there are not cash flowing like they should, under managed, so we talk about a sale, and he is willing to sell, but I will need a strong partner to make this happen....Love to talk more to someone that has high net worth that could bring equity to turn these around....I have Commercial Financing that wants to paly, but I am not strong enough, with a a capital partner...Anyone?

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.  

Look at the windows....often I see these painted shut if they are the original wood sash windows....that might be a liability if a rental....and then you get in that dilemma...do you spend a ton of money to restore them...strip all 5 coats of paint and 100 years of muck or do you take them out and replace them with something more efficient.   

If I understand your dilemma correctly (and I'm not sure of your investing goals)...I would sell your current home. 

The job market here is mainly refinery/contractor, health care, education and hospitality.

If you are truly concerned with their health it may also be worth a call for an animal welfare check. 

OK, so for this to work that means this person doesn't pay their car payment or their credit card bills on time, but they somehow DO pay their car insurance, utilities, health insurance, and rent, on time, every time, and can document it for the last 12 months?

Due to health issues, I'm am having to scale back on the duplexes and change my strategies.My goal is to move toward a small apt. complex and hire a PM.

It was bad... so bad that she was embarrassed (with an attitude) when I had to have emergency HVAC maintenance done and I couldn't give her at least 24-hours notice that I, along with my HVAC guy, would be entering her space.Believe me when I say, boy do I understand; however, how they live is their business, and unless you've spotted damage or a potential health/property hazard, it's unnecessary to hire a cleaning person while they're still living there. 

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