Home to The Ohio State University with nearly 60,000 students, 5 Fortune 500 companies, over +25% population change since 2000, 2016 smart city challenge award winner gaining 50 million dollars in funding from the government (https://www.columbus.gov/smartcity/), Intel is spending 20 Billion dollars to build two semiconductor plants, and many more great things presently and coming in the future.

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago , the second best time is now .

if you find out the current use, you can pick it up right away with same or similar use. for example grain fields can be rented to local grain farmers. cleared forest can be replanted with Christmas trees, popular landscaping trees and plants, any realistic business it is zoned for. if there is a home on the property it can be rented. if you want to live there you can still rent out the fields at a local per acre rate to local farmers, or start any type of agricultural business, or home based business and hobby farm.

Locals, and active investors in the named markets, what are your “boots on the ground” opinionAnd every city has a story, such as “the north side is doing great but the south side, not so much” or “XYZ is about to build a big plant on the northeast side”. 

People who work at the Nissan Plant in Canton, Mississippi start out at less than $11 an hour.

Amazon is opening a new distribution center, the Air Force Base is expanding bringing in more jobs and the service members family members, there's even talks of Boeing opening a manufacturing plant here. 

I’ve done a few flips and own a few condos here in the 6ix but I’m really interested in planting seeds for my retirement sooner than later.

Both major plants (GM & Chrysler) are investing big into revitalizing and modernizing their plants.

This wouldn’t be caused by a few plants growing on the outside, but rather by a large amount of pressure being exerted on the foundation walls over time, causing them to crack along the points where the blocks are bonded (mortar lines) which are the weakest point and therefore the first points along which the foundation will show signs of failure.

Granted I'm biased because I live in Brewerytown and have done several dozen projects in Brewerytown but the reason I chose to plant my flag here ~8 years ago was the location, which can't be beat.