I am sure that every once in a while, someone selling their home Subject-To will magically transform into a responsible person, intelligently capable of forecasting their long-term financial future, and turning over a new page. 

Posts like this re-spark the motivation and hustle.

We would love to transform our cities and communities - one building and one block at a time, while generating great returns for our investors. 

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. there ya go !!! 

@Joseph ODonovan thanks for sparking this back up!

Also I enjoy the rehab process or at least the transformation aspect. 

My wife and my daughters are the spark.

However, my interest in real estate was sparked in college so I probably would not have gotten into real estate investing as early as I did without it.

There is no gas, no oil changes, no brake jobs (regenerative braking provides most of the stopping power), no alternator, no spark plugs, no exhaust system, no belts, etc. 

I would encourage you to drive through the downtowns of Greensboro and Winston Salem and see the development that's going on - not as robust as its two neighbors but still transformative.