When oil was discovered nearby, oil patch workers flooded to the area, and our houses literally doubled in value. 

I was actually thinking about moving any future sales proceeds into Direct Equity Investments like Realty shares, patch of land, Etc.

Need some opinions....We have a rental in TX (we live in CA, self manage)....tenant just moved out and there are dozens of poorly done paint touch ups....like 10-11 walls have badly done hole patch and paint work done...wrong sheen etc.

@Tania Patch - Glad everyone is ok! 

It has little extra land for storage units or pumpkin patch to bump revenue a bit. 

It is possible to patch it though.

Orange peel is a breeze to match up, no more ugly drywall patches. 

The PM had done a walkthrough with us prior to that and said the place looked excellent and we would be getting back the majority of our security deposit minus just some hole patching on the walls (we hung TVs). 

I would like to use one of the online platforms like crowdstreet, patch of land, or one of the others......but they only allow accredited investors correct?

My rental home has a messed up approach to the driveway that was not properly patched by the previous owner and I didn't have the funds to fix it while I lived there.