That district, according to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, is only scoring a D+3, so Joaquin Castro could be in trouble.Although Philadelphia is a Democratic stronghold, there are three suburbs nearby where GOP incumbents may be replaced by Democratic opponents: the Sixth and Eighth, which are both R+1, and the Seventh which is a tossup.Oklahoma’s Second District is one of the five Promise Zones, and it includes the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

I am currently having my handyman fix up the property & I am replacing the heating system from oil to electrical.

We live in a oil boom right now where the real estate is too high to really find any deals right now. 3 years ago you could have bought a house for $50k that today cost over $180.

Its like the novice line cook who is wondering if Culinary school is for them. 1/2 the people say "you HAVE to go to make it" while the other half say "don't waste your money on something you can learn in the field."

People rent for many reasons, but some common ones are: 1) they do not have sufficient resources to make the downpayment on a property purchase; 2) they do not have the credit history to qualify for financing; 3) they are in the area temporarily, or periodically, and do not wish to establish roots (students, oil field workers, politicians & staff attending the legislature, etc); 4) home ownership is just not right for some folks.

Are utilities (gas, electric, oil etc.) separate and do all tenants pay their own?

It comes from a tradition of installment sales and land contracts in the desert and in the oil towns.

Dustin, I'm a new investor currently working and living in North Dakota (Oil Jobs Pay Well!)

I've looked on the Cook County site, I've tried looking up Sheriffs auctions and I just can't seem to get any other info.

However, it's an interesting neighborhood: Zoning laws makes it so I cannot easily rent to college students; however, it's close enough to the University that we received a lot of interest from Graduate students and families with one family member going back to school.It's also in a good location for oil and natural gas employees. 2 minutes away from 2 major highways that provide access to sites further east and south.