I am only suggesting this cause I've seen you post before, not offering anything cause I got nothing but have you looked at private credit, private debt, acreage investing, direct oil investments(via wells through syndications but different than these REI ones)?

He will be imposing more restrictions and controls in the US and thereby making Canadian oil more competitive again.

It's been done by the Oil Industry (which we should expect) and recently mostly by the Green industry.

Stay away from any area depending on coal miners.

And depending on fuel needs, if it is oil the oil tanks are often empty in REO properties I've visited.

Get it past closing....that's all that matters to the seller.You can try to cover the repaired areas with an oil based primer that is tinted similar color to the paint and then do a couple coats.  

Natural gas, oil, propane, electric?

If not (ie two full-time working spouses) your only other option is going into land conservation deals, solar deals, or oil and gas deals - all of which have some risks.Explained in a different way...1) There are ordinary/W2/active income on one side.

I worked on Oil Tankers and we had a Chief Engineer 40 years ago, who would give his Agent $5000 to buy one more Rental House in Seattle when he got off each ship.

The economy is more cyclical and is too reliant on oil & gas, and the clock is ticking for that industry.