Check out the price of oil Feb 5th, 2016.

I live in North Dakota, and I came across an apartment complex for sale in one of the state’s oil-heavy cities.

.: I know this is not REI, but this passive oil/gas fund was recommended by a RE syndicator/fundraiser.

Oil’s sharp drop—on hopes for a Ukraine peace deal—added momentum to the bond rally.September retail sales and PPI, delayed by the recent shutdown, landed close to expectations.

Didn't see any oil wells, but they could have been farther out, and not a lot of hospitals.

Quote from @Derik S.

Analysts warn that any escalation could disrupt oil markets, drive inflation higher, and complicate the Federal Reserve's policy path.

Find ones that don't sound like they are selling snake oil. 

I don't agree with not having skin in the game.You are borrowing other people's money to get involved in real estate or oil and gas.If you don't pay the note, they will take the property / investment away.

If AI automates semi driving, eye surgery, flipping hamburgers, next Beatles song, next Louis L’Amor Sackett book, that will be the same as automating picking cotton, cutting hay for horses, splitting firewood for locomotives, or filling street lamps with whale oil every night, etc.