Im 24 with a family, I currently work in the oil industry as an AutoCad Drafter but due to low oil prices I have taken a significant pay cut, during this last year I have been doing as much research into the Real estate Industry as possible.

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.

The rest is wetland (including a man made fish stocked lake!)

Are you looking to go fishing in Alaska or make money investing in real estate?

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. 

The US is a new kettle of fish so I'm just doing all the reading I can. 

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.

There's nothing really wrong with it, unfortunately they just need to be fished out occasionally with a wire coat hanger.