Plus it helps that we had all the rain for Ag and oil is coming back.  

We saw this in Houston when oil went from $100/b to $50/b

Oil & Gas and Solar have the area hopping not to mention rail is a big industry.  

A Hybrid contract of sale... a way to close more transactions by joint venture A commercial contract of sale, 3 pages with special buyer requirements related to environmental conditions, existing suppliers, surveys, buried oil tanks and other conditions that must be known to make a profitable and safe transaction An option agreementAn informational pocket pack with 52 options to financing and control a building without conventional financingBlank checks, pens, carbon paper, A list of referencesDisclosures for lead paint and other state or federal requirementsCell phone with camera to take pictures of the nice things and negative aspects of the property and to take a picture of the contract to email confirmation to seller and to your title company or lenderA gift, something for the seller to remember you by, I give Indian Head Nickels away, pens, note pads.Blank addendum forms - these are used to attach to your purchase agreements (you don't want a lot of chicken scratching on your contracts; use them to write some of the following; 1.

I suppose the oil slump won't hit that area as hard, because many of the people in that area are tied to the downstream side of the business (refining, chemicals, etc.

As anyone in Lafayette knows, the sale market is down right now to the downturn in oil and gas.  

I have witnessed first hand a partner of ours in Houston that has 10+ large B/C class Apt properties and during the oil plunge they actually have done quite well, occupancy at their properties have stayed about 93% and moved up slightly while class A fell off the cliff down 15 to 25% in certain submarkets.  

There are several very well oiled large machines you will be competing with. 

Also, not sure of the place/area. but isn't the oil area heading downwards?

It is very hard to find good furnace AC guys in my area as the oil field pays so well that most folks look for work there.