I've moved back to Columbus after going thru divorce and getting rid of all properties and am getting back to doing what became a passion of mine - real estate investing.I'm hoping to meet new investors and create something great, sustaining and damn near awesome.

They are finally charging miners for start-up capacity infrastructure costs (about $200k) and have increased their rates above the industrial rate actual manufacturers like Alcoa were enjoying, but they are still getting better rates than us residential peons. 

Completely rehabbed the front dwelling (2bd, 1ba Folk Victorian miner's cottage) top to bottom and added 1/2 bath.

I am currently a corporate accountant in the oil industry.

The Duplex is in an Oil city where a few months ago people were bidding up houses to be able to purchase now the market has slowed a little, but prices are still high, due to the low oil prices.

For example - a tenant put a pan on the stove to cook some chicken with a bunch of oil in the pan, realized they forgot an ingredient and went to the store with the heat still on and the oiled up pan on the stove which caught fire and burned down the property.

I often found they were too lazy to look for things and would discover at times 5 containers of Cumin or 3 bottles of very expensive used once olive oils from the gourmet section of the grocery store.

Try Titan Bank in Mineral Wells (Dallas).

Texas does have a 180 day redemption period unless the property is a homestead, has an agricultural exemption or is a stand alone mineral lease, then it is a 2 year redemption period.  

Are you on hold right now in "wait and see" mode in regards to the oil spill, or are you going ahead with your offers on Fla. properties?