You can invest in anything from oil and gas, multifamily, office, self storage, private lending, notes etc.Whatever you plan to invest in, there are funds that also do that.

When I started my study on Investing in Everything, while I was working on Oil Tankers 35 years ago, I made my first $100,000 in ten years with Mutual Funds to buy my Rental Portfolio in South Tampa.

While this was an initial outlay of capital for me in a little less than. 2 years I will have made my costs back based on saving the cost of heating oil at all 3 locations.

I have this dream of an STR or MTR locally where I can manage a property with a lakefront myself and go fishing/boating/biking etc when it's not rented.

Could help me with a similar situation with my local oil company. 

There are plenty of fish in the sea @Leonard Rybak.

Energy is a huge industry in Texas but the states economy has diversified significantly since the 80's oil bust. 2.

Under the lower level is a walk in basement with the furnace and oil tank.

Another fun analogy, bandit signs is like chumming the waters for tuna.Direct mailing is putting the right bait on the right hook for the daylight, winds, water temperature, etc. to get a fish on the line.

On that note, some may see home prices as too rich, may be be moving in a few years, or in a cyclical job (oil, some types of construction, etc), so they don't take the plunge on a purchase...Best of luck!