All Forum Posts by: John Hand

population is 739,000

Low populaton and summers best thing about ND. Oh and $420 a week for an extended stay efficiency hotel room. Looking at buying in Killdeer.  Jh

Check out a company called Target Logistics. They were awarded $30 million contract to provide workforce housing in the Bakken. This article says Target Logistics is the largest work force housing provider in the US and one of the largest in North America. They are building these lodges up here.

It would take a lot of money to do something by Watford or Williston but the areas around outer edges of the oil field might work.

In Carpio a company bought a school and converted it to housing. The craigslist add made it look pretty nice.

Stanley is growing. They built a new hotel there and lots of new single families. I will bet the hotel is 100% full for the summer. Road construction season.

My friend is living in an extended motel, he's got a kitchenette room, maybe 12X12 and it is $950 a month in Ross. 8 mile from Stanley. 20 miles from Tioga. On Hwy 2.

Not enough workers and not enough housing but they are building away. I do see houses for sale in Williston not cheap. It is crazy up here. My company is Kitchens by Hand inc. I used to Remodel Kitchens I have been checking wages for finish carpenters but I make more money driving truck hauling oil. Highest rents in the country. The talk radio station said the mayor of Williston talked about rent control but I think they said its against the state constitution.

I was reading the paper today called the Booming Basin it sounds like this boom will be going on for a long time. It says there are 10,114 producing wells right now at 951340 barrels a day. It says there will be 40,000 more wells in the future.

I got a new job, I will be hauling oil out of Beulah ND, and it pays housing so I think I will rent for 6 months save up enough for a cheap house buy it and maybe rent out rooms or the basement. I would like to find a duplex or 4 plex.

I am a Noob here. I am hanging out at a hotel in Minot surfing BP.