We installed a hot tub, the hot tub itself cost $12,600, along with concrete, electrical and yard work that is another $5k - $6k.

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. 

Do keep in mind some people install showers instead of tubs.

Our large 1 bedroom 1 bath & 2 bedroom 1 bath apartments have spacious living rooms with large picture windows, cozy kitchens with lots of cabinet space, dining areas, hall closets with plenty of additional space, bathrooms with vanity, tub/showers, wood floors and large bedrooms with wall-to-wall closet space.

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).

[OR] Maybe hire a top maintenance management person who has a long history of working with HUD inspections, not like a VP of Maintenance with an Economics degree, but a boot on the ground Maintenance Supervisor type that brings a lot of needed knowledge to the table.And while you are there, catch a few workouts in the gym, sit by the pool and relax in the shade, enjoy the hot tub...you don't have to be inside the office all day to be "Boots on the ground".You could also go with your head machinate tech and shadow him for 4 or 5 random days and get a feel for what happens from his perspective. 

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.

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!