The declines in oil has lead to layoffs. 

Commodities, like pork bellies or oil, or gas enter an area of the economic structure that go beyond a simple two party transaction, which is why they are regulated, the same is true in real estate.

Im currently employed in the oil industry and I want to invest my time in something that will actually give me all the freedom I want provide me and my family with a better future and better opportunities.I'd love to network and meet people so I can learn, grow and help others.

We have allot of snake oil salesmen posing as real estate gurus touting to everyone that you can get into real estate with no money and no credit or even any experience whatsoever.

The Energy Cooridor is a stretch of I-10 from roughly Beltway 8 to Highway 6 where a lot of Oil & Gas company corporate offices and related industries have taken up residence.

(Beds) Michigan’s governor is already using prisoners and prison factories to produce masks and medical suppliesMichigan has produced over 1.25 billion barrels of oil and more than seven trillion feet of natural gas since the discovery of the Saginaw Field in August 1925. ...Michigan has more than 14,000 producing wells of oil and natural gas. 

Other than WWII and the Oil Embargo, the real estate cycle normally takes roughly 18 years to run through all  four phases, resulting in a nationwide crash.