Texas real estate never appreciated that much prior to the crash because of the low oil price environment during that period.

Oil, gas or electric.

We are looking for deals, but the question comes: should tenants pay for utilities: mainly electric & heating oil or would you have the expenses calculated in the monthly rent?

and you also can't cook in most hotels. 

@Nicholas Cook to confirm—you already own the property?  

And even the my Irish grandmother's voice in my head was saying the same thing.But in the two hours that the plumber was fixing the pipes, I followed up on and closed a deal that will make around $15K at signing and another $300 per month for 10 years.Hmmm...If I had listened to my father or my Irish grandmother whispering in my head, I'd have saved $600 but I'd have back pain for days and I might have missed out on a deal that will be worth around $50K total.I think I made the right call and it sounds like you'll do the same and let the experts take care of it.Finally, it took me a while to give in but I applied this to other parts of life as well.I hired a cleaning lady / cook / dynamo that comes to my house 2-3 times per week to clean my house and drop off healthy, pre-made tasty meals for $600 per week (plus the cost of food which is actually less than what I was paying before; honest to God, she's a miracle that I can't believe somebody let go.)Hey... there's that $600 again!

I’ve worked in Hammond for the past 5 years- it’s an manufacturing town with 2-4 light industrial plants (Cargill, Unilever) and also serves as the inland neighbor to BP whiting (the largest oil refinery in the Midwest).

He wanted to price oil at higher rates, among other policies that benefited Iran more, as any leader of a country should do - put your own country first.

I went after ags/minerals/oil/timber(even before covid) first then focused on SFH once I saw syndications suck in mid 2022. 

I live in Houston but I have no hopes for Houston due to low oil price expectation.