She now requires total care, which we choose to deliver from a private residence with help from a small team of health-care professionals.We have spent considerable time researching our care options, including nursing facilities, personal care homes and assisted living facilities.

It would be helpful to know (i.e. if very expensive not worth it but if not too expensive could save me considerable tax dollars to be able to bonus depreciate)?

I'm grateful, "Not my problem" is not the source of your consideration!

-hopefully the city takes these things into consideration when granting a variance.

I'm looking for buy and hold and Columbus is on my list for consideration, although I feel that I am a bit priced out of it.

My family has grown considerably the past few years so we are in the market for a bigger home..

On the other hand if I take into consideration that it can be completely vacant for 6 months even with 75% financing $4,500 monthly, it will cost me about $8,000 holding cost a month or a total of $48,000 for 6 months.

I didn't take appreciation into consideration and I didnt consider the mortgage paydown unless the calculator does. 

In short, you can use your retirement funds to invest in real estate but must do so passively not as "business".Please see the following regarding Considerations re Investing in Real Estate & Considerations re Choosing a Self-directed 401k/Self-directed IRA provider:General Considerations Re Investing Retirement Funds in Real Estate:1.

I did take into consideration the ability to pay our the other member after a curtain time.