u/Chris_MS99 — reddlx

I’m looking for somewhere to post a serious question I have about a concern of mine.

I recently inherited a paid off family owned home that needs a TON of renovation work. Not in the sense of “oh yuck that’s old and ugly” but more in the sense of “you’re risking expensive and catastrophic damage if you don’t fix abcxyz”.

I’m 95% through the process of taking out a mortgage loan to finance these repairs. I make plenty of money for the loan I’m asking for, but I’m a **fuel tanker truck driver in California.**

Right now. On the brink of an oil and gas shortage, and past the point where it feels like anything will return to remotely normal. I feel like I should wait and see what happens with this war and the effect on my job, but there are things with this house that simply can’t wait another year.

If anyone can point me to where I can find answers or insight from people in the know about the oil trade and fuel market in California, I’d appreciate it. I haven’t tried r/truckers cuz I don’t think they’d be anymore in the know than I am. I also don’t wanna hear the “leave California” bs. Beyond that, the guys on r/freightbrokers kinda hate drivers and I haven’t seen any petroleum industry stuff from them, and r/oil seems a little too high up the food chain, but I could be wrong on that.