Oil energy costs which run through everything has created the inflation.    

Additionally, his car was leaking oil in my garage and my contract specifically requires that the garage floor is clean and no oil leakage.  

The property has cooking gas but its heat is from oil. 

I have very little spare time, so I am doing what I can, burning the midnight oil, trying to get it ready without hiring out too much.  

But i was curious is paint gun tips and paint gun oil / armor is considered a tool for the job. 

What I am doing is replacing older model oil furnaces where I was previously paying for the oil and heat for all my tenants to new energy efficient propane heaters that can be metered individually to each tenant to pay for their own heat.

Sounds like a well-oiled machine.  

@Joe SplitrockFor the crayon / marker it’s the one final thing I’ll use oil primer on.

Joe's deal is different they buy the 30k houses like you describe then market this program to investor in CA ( according to Joe) who then pay them 50k for the house ( they make 20k cash) then they broker the homes to the fruit pickers or in texas I guess oil workers for the 80k and according to Joe no one does any rehab on any of it. 

still not up to our peak of rents when oil was 130 plus a barrel but getting better.