Think along the lines of an American oil company building a billion dollar drilling operation in an African nation that may not be 100% stable. 

We had an underground oil tank that we thought was a 270 gallon. 

At another property that we had, we were having the furnace replaced going from oil to gas. 

It ran off of used vegetable oil that I got for free from restaurants. 

Build - rent - refinance -repeat. in columbus ohio you are buying old houses that are 1900 or 1920 or 1940 and you are in a sellers market. on the other hand you can source land which is a buyers market and build single family homes or duplex or triplexes that will return by renting and pulling cash out on a DSCR loan and doing it again. there aren't a lot of strategies that do this. flipping is different. so many risks. but when someone has a well oiled machine it's all good and less risk.

They are in the Oil and Natural Gas industry; previously, they were known as Phoenix Capital.

If we don't protect it we won't have any oil".

It won't be the same as an oil shock, dot-com bust, GFC, or COVID, but something will happen. 

If it's dry, cover it with a oil based primer, then 3 hours later paint it.

Army, attracting a steady influx of PHD education people.Houston, TX: Houston's diverse economy spanning oil (used to be just this), healthcare, and technology provides a robust job market that supports housing demand.