Nice to finally find one that I think may be able to go somewhere (fingers crossed). been bored waiting for my oil etf's to go up :) @Daniel Dioguardi  you are correct, these are fully separately metered & paid by tenants. nice thing is that they have central air, pretty common for me to find window units in these older ones.

I am an attorney as well, and I recently decided to quit my job in oil & gas to focus on my real estate investing full time! 

I originally built this house to live in, but the oil industry had other thoughts.

You are limited to pulling 12,000 records per month.So, the jury is out until we see the results, but as to whether Chris and Kent are snake-oil salesmen?

I am 55, tired of my career in the oil & gas business and want to supplement my retirement (hope to retire in 5 or 6 years) with passive income from real estate investments.We came to this site via a recommendation from a good friend who has been a member for approximately a year and gave raving reviews of the site and how much it has helped him in his real estate business.We are looking to invest in single family homes or 2, 3, 4 or 5 plex apartments in the Bakersfield area and really have no idea on where to begin.

. :)Sandy Uhlmann I assume that you were using an oil-based polyurethane back then...the newer water-based ones don't smell fabulous, but they're much more pleasant to work with.

We've seen it help investors secure financing, attract equity investors, and choose between alternative investments.You are correct that in my industry, as in many, there are snake-oil salesman as well as those who simply provide products of poor quality or questionable value.

A car can be burning oil but still getting you from point A to point B.  

Oil is making everything boom and its making this fairly new investor very impatient!

Upside end result will be 2 new bathrooms and new kitchen, new windows, new floors updated plumbing and electrical panels, new oil tank outside all for cost of materials gas travel and costs of 3 - 4 months rent etc.