. - Could it be possible that 5 years down the road all jobs could be dried up because the market for oil just isn't doing well.- Is anyone familiar with the Permian Basin area and has a rough idea of when/if jobs are sustainable for years to come. 

In 2007, the SHTF, the hard money pool dried up and all that was left was credit driven hard money loan programs, (my credit got destroyed in 2005-2006 due to a high risk pregnancy and premature birth of my first boy- he's fine now.)So, I turned to online marketing, specializing in direct response copywriting and webmaster work, and I've done that ever since, but I have never stopped wanting to be investing in real estate again.

It is very blue collar and the jobs have all dried up.

The dry in is all updated. 60A service is updated to 100A and knob and tube removed.

Tear down pergola due to dry rotted wood.

I have considered other markets since Sacramento is coming up dry for me at the moment. 

You’d be surprised that only safety, heat, hot water, basic functioning appliances and keeping the place dry are the main things you must upkeep.

Then, when unable to assign a bad deal, backs out of the contract, leaving the seller high and dry.  

You know how it goes working with banks on foreclosures, it is as fast as watching paint dry.

Definitely have to keep the basement as dry as possible.