I am 55, tired of my career in the oil & gas business and want to supplement my retirement (hope to retire in 5 or 6 years) with passive income from real estate investments.We came to this site via a recommendation from a good friend who has been a member for approximately a year and gave raving reviews of the site and how much it has helped him in his real estate business.We are looking to invest in single family homes or 2, 3, 4 or 5 plex apartments in the Bakersfield area and really have no idea on where to begin.

. :)Sandy Uhlmann I assume that you were using an oil-based polyurethane back then...the newer water-based ones don't smell fabulous, but they're much more pleasant to work with.

We've seen it help investors secure financing, attract equity investors, and choose between alternative investments.You are correct that in my industry, as in many, there are snake-oil salesman as well as those who simply provide products of poor quality or questionable value.

A car can be burning oil but still getting you from point A to point B.  

When life give you lemon make lemonade.

Oil is making everything boom and its making this fairly new investor very impatient!

Upside end result will be 2 new bathrooms and new kitchen, new windows, new floors updated plumbing and electrical panels, new oil tank outside all for cost of materials gas travel and costs of 3 - 4 months rent etc.

And mopping with some oil soap is quicker and cheaper than shampooing carpet.

I have already chosen a career and am employed at an oil refinery in Philadelphia.

I live in Odessa Tx where we have a housing crisis at the moment because of the oil boom.