I was a logger for 10 years In Oregon.. we had a nice run.. but we provided logs so on the other end of the spectrum.. out this way the big lumber brokers control the market.Although I did do a deal with a Oak floor manufactorer years ago.. we had a 700 acre tree farm in Oregon that had some Oak on it I traded the oak for custom flooring..

I grew up in Royal Oak.

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.

Eat more salad or more potato chips?

As far as "livable" and "habitable" The house will pass FHA standards if you can't walk in without choking on cat smell, but if you have some chipped paint on a window sill it fails.

@Nick Grodzicki Fire Up Chips!

Tenants do not normally pay this and it runs about $280 for a duplex in the City of Sacramento (versus unincorporated parts of the County of Sacramento).Personally, I would stay away from North Sacramento/Natomas, parts of Central to South Oak Park, and South Sacramento.

Other than that there is a Thousand Oaks meetup every 2nd Thursday of the month at 6:30pm at the Thousand Oaks Mimi's Cafe.

but Oak Creek Homes.

Their like Potato Chips you can't just have one...