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Chuck Yates interviews Karl Brensike about the benefits of mineral ownership as an investment strategy in the oil industry.

You can own the dirt under someone's ranch without ever setting foot on it and still collect a check every month while an oil company does all the work. Karl Brensike of Harvest Mineral & Royalty Partners calls minerals the single greatest asset class on the planet, and he makes a pretty convincing case for it. Chuck digs into how regular folks can finally get a piece, why people really decide to sell, and the apple pie scheme that squeezed a million bucks out of Chevron. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just the discussions that move our industry forward. Apply today at collide.io Click here to view the episode transcript. 0:00 - Mineral versus royalty, explained for mom 1:23 - Why US mineral ownership is uniquely American 4:28 - The first oil lease and the Far and Away land rush 8:11 - Splitting estates and why mineral owners keep multiplying 9:25 - Karl and Chuck's history and the 2014 Thanksgiving crash 10:43 - Why people actually decide to sell 11:55 - The early days…

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