Material quality sometimes improves (i.e. drywall vs. lath and plaster) or sometimes gets worse (i.e. particle board vs. solid oak trim). 

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/ Here 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-columbu

.$1500 fixtures$1500 electrical$1500 plumbing$300 window$1200 paint$500 - HVAC (window units) or $3500 HVAC (go all electric here)$500 - Exterior maintenanceNot sure about sheetrock, cabinets, counters, floors, trim, doors, hardware.You have a large oak tree looming over the house.  

I figured I would chip in on this topic since I have a job I really enjoy. 

., boy isn't that the truth, difficult to stop making money once you start, kinda like not being able to eat that one ruffles potato chip once you start you cannot stop!  

Some of the up-and-coming places they recommend are Fairfax (Marin, CA), Midtown Sacramento, North Oak Park, and Sunnyside.https://clara.com/blog/best-places-to-live-california/ Hope this helps!

In Oak Park IL you could lose landlord license, for not booting him, not likely but it could happen. 

It’s good to take the chips off the table from time to time.

I know this is far away, but I used Charter Oak Federal Credit Union up here in Groton. 

Would it be weird for a total stranger to be giving you chocolate chip cookies, while talking about why you're selling your house?