Looking at the wide range of real estates and properties that he could acquire, Michael yearned for more SP.

If he had enough SP, everything that was within the system store could be acquired.

But, it was not that easy to acquire the SP. It required time and dedication, so, it was going to take quite a while for him to be able to afford most of the items that could be found within the system store.

Now, he was thinking about purchasing an apartment building, so that he could settle the old couple and the others that he had brought from Drenn city.

Since he was the one who had brought them, he had to at least make sure that they had settled somewhere.

So, he filtered the items that were displayed, making sure that the properties were all in Brenton City.

After that, he filtered out the other buildings, leaving behind only the apartments, then, he selected the school districts.

But as he looked at the prices of the apartment buildings located in the school districts, Michael's eyes widened in disbelief.

For each apartment building, the prices were at least 500 SP!

That was just too crazy. After all, in order to be able to acquire the 1000 SP that he currently had, he had to spend several weeks.

So, how could he just accept that the SP that he had acquired would be cut in half with just a single building?

Immediately, Michael decided to abandon the idea of purchasing an entire building.

In any case, it was not as though the old couple and the others could occupy the entire building anyway.

Initially, he thought, he might acquire the building, then for the rest of the apartments, he would rent them out.

It was just that, Michael had not anticipated such a difference in the prices. In Drenn city, property prices were way lower as compared to Brenton city.

Simply put, at the moment, just purchasing a single apartment building was enough to be able to acquire two of the three best hotels in Drenn city.

After all, the value of the three hotels was at $25 million maximum each.

Shaking his head, Michael decided that it was better to just rent an apartment instead.

He could have bought several apartment units, but he felt that it was not as convenient. It would be better for him to just save some money, and after a while, he would purchase a building.

As he exited the system store, Michael took out his phone, before he began searching online for rental prices for the apartments in the school districts in Brenton city.

Lucky for him, it seemed that there were several that were available. So, he went through them, before finally finding five apartments that were in the same building.

As for the prices, as expected, the rental prices for the apartments in Brenton City was higher as compared to Drenn city.

The rental prices were at least $2,000 per month for each apartment. Of course, the smallest apartment was a two bedroom apartment.

Michael decided to get three 3-bedroom apartments, and two 2-bedroom apartments.

In the end, in order to be able to rent all the five apartments, Michael was required to spend a total of $12,600 a month.

To rent the three bedroom apartment, it was $2,800 per month, while the two bedroom apartment was $2,100 a month.

Michael thought about it, and decided that he would rent the apartments for an entire year.

This way, he would not be bothered with being needed to pay rent each and every month. After all, if he focused on reading, he might even forget about other things.

In total, it required him to pay $151,200 for the five apartments.

It was quite a considerable amount of money, but Michael could afford that. So, he accessed the system store once again, before he converted 4.975 SP to cash.

This way, his SP balance was reduced to 1020, while his bank account was debited with $497,500, bringing his balance to over $511K.

After the money arrived into his account, Michael once again went online, accessing the agency's platform, before he made the payment for the five apartments.

As for going to check the apartments out before paying the rent, Michael did not have the leisure for that. After all, they did not have a place to stay.

As for the agency, he had already verified, making sure that it was legit. So, he was not afraid that the agency did not exist.

His new balance dropped to just a little over $360K. But, this amount was quite sufficient for him to be able to do a few things for some time.

Now that the issue of the residence was taken care of, it was now time for him to focus on what they would be doing there.

Just like himself, the others, the 11 that had returned on this day, did not really have high education levels. That implied, they would not be able to get good jobs, especially in such a big city.

Additionally, only a few of them, were 18 years old. Of course, this was for the ladies, as the oldest of the boys was only 17 years old.

So, Michael was thinking about buying a business for them, so that they could operate it.

For them, it might be difficult to operate the business. But, with the assistance of the old couple, Michael believed that they would be able to manage.

In any case, he was not hoping that they would make much benefit from the business. Instead, it was just for them to be able to find a source of money, and keep themselves busy.

It was not as though he was going to continue providing for them everyday for their expenditures.

As for the pension that the elderly couple received, in a big city like Brenton city, that amount was going to be too small to sustain them.

Once again, going through the system store, Michael accessed the Real Estate and Property category.

This time, he looked for commercial property, before finding a few businesses that he could purchase.

But before making a purchase, it seemed that he would have to inquire with the elderly couple on what business they wanted.

Additionally, the location of the business was also crucial. If it was too far from the apartments where they stayed, he might as well buy them a car.

Since the elderly couple were in another helicopter, at the moment, Michael could not inquire with them.

Since that was the case, for the rest of the journey, Michael simply continued reading, trying to advance the driving skill to the advanced level.

After over one and a half hours, they finally arrived in Brenton city.

In the outskirts of the city, there was an open area, where the four helicopters landed one after the other.

This attracted the attention of the people around, all of them looking at this magnificent scene.

It was just that, the group was dumbfounded, when they realized that the people alighting from the helicopters looked like beggars.

Michael and the others alighted from the helicopters, with the children beginning to talk to each other with excitement on their experience in the helicopters.

For everyone here, this was actually their first time in a helicopter. It was just that, unlike the children who were open with expressing their excitement, the others suppressed their emotions.

The helicopters on the other hand took off once again, returning to the charter company, having already completed their task.

Michael watched on as the helicopters disappeared into the distance, before focusing on the issue at hand.

Currently, it was already almost 10:00 a.m.. It was time for them to go to the apartments that he had rented.

But of course, before going there, they would have to go to the agency, in order to get the keys to the apartments.

Additionally, those apartments still needed some work. They would need to do some shopping, bringing in furniture and so on.

This implied, they would have to stay into a hotel on this day, and maybe move in the following day.

"Michael, now what next?" As Michael was still contemplating on this, John suddenly asked, dragging him back from his thoughts.

"Oh, let's first of all get a hotel. After that, we can go to the agency, to get the keys to the apartments that I rented. I rented a total of 5 apartments, which should be enough to be able to accommodate everyone here." Michael responded.

John was momentarily stunned upon hearing this. Michael had already taken care of this?

"When did you rent the apartments? Don't tell me that you had come to this city in advance?" The old man could not help but ask, puzzled.

"No, I have never been here before. I just rented the apartments through their platform while we were in the helicopter." Michael responded.

"Oh, I had not even thought of that." The old man responded as he chuckled lightly.

"There is a road not far from here. Let's go, get a few taxis that will take us to the nearest hotel." Michael said as he pointed towards the road that was not that far from where they were.

The old man nodded, before he asked the children and the others to gather around. The children were in the middle, while the grown ups surrounded them as they headed towards the road.

As soon as they got to the side of the road, Michael went ahead and flagged down a taxi.

"Where are you heading to young man?" The taxi driver asked as he rolled down the car's window.

"I would like to go to a hotel in the western side of the city, in the school district. I'm not alone, but the entire group behind me also is heading there. Could you contact a few of your friends nearby to come over?" Michael responded.

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