.- CRM: My wife and I want to build a well-oiled real estate investing business.

This is a direct result of lower oil prices (Williston is an Oil Boom Town), and overbuilding - several new apartment complexes have been built in the last few years.

There are those short sighted investors that sell a lemon to an unwitting buyer-- but in my experience they are the exception and you can protect yourself with the same diligence you do when buying any property.Last-- verify-- never trust--  This is coming from a very trusting guy (until you try to screw me) but after litigating for the past several years-- dealing with hordes of lying attorneys, judges and bankers-- you MUST do your own diligence and don't trust anyone else-- unless they have a track record of past performance you can count on-- that goes for 1) sellers, 2) realtors (BPO agents), 3) title companies 4), attorneys, 5) appraisers and any other vendors you deal with-- Contractors are a special breed of weird-- We have several good ones in the markets we do business in- but if one thing hasn't changed in 20yrs-- it's that contractors are generally a pain to deal with-- even the good ones flake out sometimes-- it just comes with the business.Hope that was helpful-- we have inventory we are always moving-- if you want me to send you what we have let me know-- Hope this has been helpful as well and you succeed in meeting your goals in this business.todd wetzelberger

We have an older home we are going to rehab, it had a new oil furnace put in in 2006; however, with oil not being near as efficient as gas do you think it is worth the money to switch?

yes get rid of it and yes the drywall will be orange red color this is common when drywall ages it turnes this color and more so when covered with acoustic or popcorn as you called it so this is what you do I think they still sell kilz out there in oil base go to home depot the can is white with red weighting on it.

In oil exploration, there is those trying to schlep there "sure thing" venture.

Feds threaten man on oiled Florida beach: "ILLEGAL TO DIG"

Once we pass peak oil, you might see rates of inflation above naturally occurring growth related inflation.

I change my oil and filter every 5,000 miles, without failGood clothes, well taken care of should last a very long time, shoe trees!

Also check with your insurance and make sure such a thing is covered.A lot of people rent out rooms to visiting oil men or medical students.