We took the annual oil bill, divided by 12 and just tack it onto the rent ea month.

We are putting together a program on how to use family office, hedge fund, endowment, pension and sovereign wealth funds for not just real estate but oil & gas, metals and minerals and other verticals.Why seek accredited investors at 50-100K a pop when one fund can write one check and usually leave the funds in longer than a year.

This house has asbestos siding/pipes, old windows, possibly needs a new roof, an oil tank for 2 floors (one has gas), one furnace, old plumbing and electric.

Worst case scenario the oil makes it way into an aquifer, river, stream large body of water.

Properly maintained, appliances fail based on one of two situations: intentional negligence (misuse) and unintentional negligence (spill hot oil on a stove).  95% of my appliance problems have been intentional negligence. 

@Dylan Eggers - Commerce City has had insane returns the past 5 years (the house values had doubled) but in 2019, it seemed like the Suncor facility was making people sick, so I agree with Craig about avoiding that area. https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/regulators-hit-suncor-energy-oil-refinery-in-commerce-city-with-over-100-air-pollution-violationsThat said, I love Thornton and Westminster.

I bought my lte modem from LTEFIX (google them) and it is what commercial companies use out on the oil fields.

This is probably an issue if it is gas or oil because of venting for one.

I have been in the Oil & Retail Connivence industry with Operations for the past 25 years & my wife is an RN who also doubles as Super Mom.  

., and is in a poor economy in Canada, but if the oil was to pick up again, it could sell for 60,000. or more.