With oil prices in the trash and a new "green initiative" administration coming in, another investor and myself were actually talking today about the long term viability of residential real estate in our area.

it was a partnership between 2 oil companies and the IRS gave it pass through tax status and Wyoming gave it the liability protection of a corporation. 

We keep on hand the oil filled radiator type electric space heaters.

SUV to do the same thing (get from point A to point B) that the footmobile or a 50 lb bike allows one to do.Almost all automakers had no problems selling these profit machines, along with NO intention of a fuel efficient alternative.This addiction if further fueled by the oil companies who are basically the "Wal-Mart" of energy; if they get 50M drivers to buy "acceptable" gas at $3/gallon, then they make a small (relative) profit on a high volume of consumption.Couple that with the groundwork the automakers laid many years ago by essentially killing anything that resembled a halfway decent public transportation system, and here we are today.2.

But I can tell you Sedalia is a very oil driven manufacturing center between caterpillar, Waterloo, Maxion, and Gardner Denver I would definitely expect housing demands to increase over the next several years because of Trumps policies.

When moisture gets pulled through concrete as it breaths it will eventually cause the epoxy to fail (epoxy & moisture = oil & water).

I have 7 Efficiency Apartments in the Oil Field Capital of Brazil, Macae.

Pair that with the summer is busy and we have 10+ guests slathered with oils and god knows what else happens and the pools get cloudy or worse green. 

Owning oil and gas leases and collecting the royalty checks from the operator would be another form of passive income.

The Houston market has been pretty crazy the last few years, but has slowed some due to oil prices.