Yes, there are a lot of transient oil field workers and we even rented one side of this duplex to an oil company for many years.  

I’d love to hear about the crime rates or any other issues (which we cannot guess from the online stats), and how easy or hard it is to find reliable tenants and property management companies.

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Water, power (no gas) are billed directly from the utilities company. 

has anyone had positive/negative results in dealing with a company called 212 Loans?

It is great to see what your company is doing in the Milwaukee market!

Worst company ever.  

probably a wholesale company.. get a second opinion from a local RE agent so you dont get hosed. 

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