I can also get solid, 7%+ returns with a couple of oil and gas companies and bet on rising energy prices, but I'm separating stocks, REITs, and notes from real assets that I'm purchasing.

Earlier this year I used Oliver from People's Electric (http://www.peopleselectrical.com/) for a complete rewire of a duplex during a full gut rehab.

I currently work in the oil industry which has some serious ups and downs, so the goal is to replace my dependence on a company paycheck with income from my own business. 

I try my best to balance everything, and for the most part it works like a fine oiled machine, but there are times when I start to drop some of the balls I am juggling.  

It's oil based and costs $20 a quart.

I made my money to buy the 8 properties in my rental portfolio, while I was working on the oil tankers because I studied how to make Money with Mutual Funds and the Market Cycle was in an Uptrend.

Transitioning from the Oil and Gas industry and looking to network and make some solid contacts here in Amarillo.

A good example is to look at the oil boom and somewhat of a bust in North Dakota.

But quite frankly, I am sick and tired of the snake oil salesman and garbage this industry attracts.For starters, wholesaling a property can work to the benefit of all parties involved.  

$18,000 was the amount I wanted the foreclosing "bank" (it was actually an oil company) to pay me as a settlement in order to not contest their redemption rights.