I am not close to retirement…..I expect to work for at least 11 years longer, and since I love what I do (and it pays well), my thought is that I would work, at least part time, until health or considerations make it no longer fun to do so. 

My dilemma right now is what to put on postcards for mailing.

If the tenant has a health, safety etc. reason for leaving and provides some sort of document that is good enough for us to let them break the lease without penalty (most markets are still packed with potential tenants so you won't be out a bunch of money waiting to fill the space...especially if it was already month to month).

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.

I have a health problem which make me eligible for governmental health insurance.

This is a false representation by the seller/seller's agent.I am in dilemma now as whether I should move forward with the sale or back out due to misrepresentation of information.

Mechanical trouble with the car, a family emergency, reduced work hours, a bad health event, and 17 other common life issues could throw her off track and turn her from a tenant that barely scrapes by to a tenant that stops paying rent and drives you into the poor house. 

I was in the same boat, which once again proves behind every successful entrepreneur is a spouse with a W2/income/and health insurance lol! 

BP Fam,I've run into an interesting dilemma with my primary residence BRRRR/househack: The new ARV will probably be too high for my single income to qualify for DTI ratio requirements for the mortgage post-cash out/refinance (even though the payments will decrease and I'll earmark the funds to pay off the remaining costs). 

If you are doing a conventional loan the lender is going to require electrical and plumbing health and safety issues to be repaired and the seller won't fix a thing in this market.