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Been trading oil futures via QM and CL for years now.

Putting your money into a secured and guaranteed bond is investing, but then again some would say so is trading oil futures.

Oil's $130 a barrel if not $200 in two years or less, which puts a crimp in the tourist business.Look out.

A 5% rent increase is not going to cover the 37% increase in heating oil this coming heating season.

I also love horses, art - particularily oil paintings, camping and spending time with with my fiancee!

Property Cost $200,000.00 Repairs Needed $50,000.00 Number Of Units 10 AVG Rent Per Unit $475.00 Gross Schedule Income $4,750.00 Vacancy Allowance 10% $475.00 Gross Operating Income $4,275.00 Less Operating Expenses Accounting $25.00 0.58% Advertising 0.00% Insurance $125.00 2.92% Lawn / Snow $- 0.00% Repairs $85.50 2.00% **Since i guess high for repairs, i lowered this down to 2% Monthly Taxes $458.33 10.72% *** Renter pays Utilities Electric $- 0.00% Gas $- 0.00% Fuel Oil $- 0.00% Water / waste $- 0.00% Total Operating Expense $693.83 16.23% Net Operating Income $- 0.00% Property Cost With Repairs $250,000.00 25% Down $62,500.00 Additional Cash Down $- Remaining Balance $187,500.00 Gross Operating Income $4,275.00 Monthly Mortgage $1,875.00 Total Operating Expense $693.83 Monthly Profit $1,706.17 36% profit My formula always shoots higher on the cost to protect me.

A few years ago a CPA TOLD me that I better sell my oil stock; it was way down.

Huge meetings just don't do that much for me and the last smaller group I attended was a bunch of bookworm/no-do types led my a snake-oil saleswoman :)Call me a bit disenfranchised with our local groups at the moment.

Theres alot of influence of oil and value of the dollar, oil demand is down for the first time in decades which I believe will influence the dollar greatly.