This would be considered rural however there is a small college here and high rental demand from gas/oil/coal workers too.

I currently work in sales in the oil/gas industry (I know, I know - it's a controversial industry, but it's been good to me), which I started out of college 14 years ago, starting working on the drilling rigs and working my way up.

Houston is not only the capital for oil and gas, but also for it's medical center.

I manage a lot of people money, vendors and contracts in my field and see snake oil everyday. 

My impression is it is tied to the oil market so likely Tulsa is doing just fine.

Rarely does a tenant's repair list contain anything major that we missed in our own inspection, but it has happened for us on two occasions ... the most significant was a long-term tenant who told us things were much better since the owner upgraded the old oil boiler to a new natural gas one {we knew the boiler had been upgraded}, but then went on to muse that she never understood "why they didn't dig-up the old tanks like was done at the building next door."

Dan Oliver do you or do you have any colleagues that cover the Tampa market?

I know that it used to be common to mix diesel with used oil or tranny fluid what ever was handy .It was used for termites carpenter ants any other wood munchers they drilled into the ground and also sprayed exterior of buildings and wood floors of trailers to help preserve the wood.

Certainly no shortage of housing options to choose from and an interesting oil based economy there.

After PVAMU, I attended Texas A&M University and received my Masters in AgriBusiness I am a full time Liquids Scheduler and Inventory Control Analyst for an oil & gas company.