Many industry professionals believe that the real-estate market will collapse in the next 24 month.

I'm just in the brainstorming phase on using a retail space as a "collaborative workspace" where freelancers and small business owners can rent shared office space.   

There have been a lot of great responses from people who are much more savvy on the oil industry than I am.

If he is an owner he should consider hiring an industrial broker.  

My question is really not about buying the property but potentially hooking up with a local real estate broker that I refer listing leads to.Would it be a good move for me to call local real estate agencies in my farm area and refer people that want retail to these places maybe for a small finders fee or even just to get on their good graces in case they came across something that fits my investment box?

Currently a business owner not in the real estate industry, I am looking to broaden my horizons and sink my teeth into the wonderful world of investing!

After that foreclosure home is bought and renovated to retail ready for the area (which is the best way to win in the rental home biz these days in my opinion), the home is now at 90% of the value.  

It's a whole lot slower moving than LA, and industry is more concentrated.Just make sure you're buying in a decent area, and if you leave yourself some room for rents and valuations to go down you should be fine.

I greatly admire those individuals for having the courage to give up their mortgage careers and start from scratch as realtors when the mortgage industry got stupid.It is now illegal to do give out bonuses and whatnot for putting people in crummy loans. 

I work in the industry and I'm hearing 60 a barrel by 2017 and I hear 10 a barrel by 2017.