I live in Midland TX which is dominated by the oil and gas industry and contemplated on purchasing a house or building a duplex to rent to a oilfield company.

Delete your profile so people don’t see that you were contemplating doing this in the first place because legitimate hard money lenders can’t lend to you on a primary house for the high interest rates of a hard money loan, but they can for an investment.

I was contemplating selling but I am hesitant about too.

Ironically, I had a simple question you might be able to answer...I have been contemplating the tax ramifications of contributing to my 401k.

I've been on the hunt for a duplex for several months, and have been contemplating what kind of loan product I should be looking out for when I find a property within my "buy box."

With a locked-in low mortgage rate of 3.2%, and about $100k in equity after expenses, I'm contemplating my next move.

Sorry for all the questions, I am just contemplating if it's better to hire someone at $15/hr to do the leg work or would the software do the trick

In my opinion, that return is not large enough for the risk, although I often contemplate the idea.A website that helped me a lot when I got started, and still, is seekingalpha.com.  

I am a new investor and these are some of the issues that I have contemplated as I develop my overall plan. 

Are you contemplating buying this way?