Stained by bleach, embedded oil stains, red pop?  

If this was an oil company claiming that they could make more money if they were just allowed to dump the waste from their drilling operations into the ditch, you would object.

Is anyone concerned that the state is too reliant on Oil and Gas industries, and the manufacturing that supports them?

Both contractors were great to work with - high integrity and quality, and reasonable pricing.Left Side required mostly cosmetics - new floors, new bathrooms, new kitchen, new appliances, drywall, new electrical upstairs, and paint.Right Side was on oil heat (50+ year old furnace!!!)

I'm trying to do as much planning as possible and realized a lot of these homes are old and are oil baseboard heated. which I know is very expensive.

They then have the landlord fill out a voucher where you will detail who pays which utilities and how your mechanical are configured. ie. nat gas steam heat vs. heating oil on a force hot air system.  

Because we pay enough for oil to pay another mortgage in the winter.

I focused on Houston more so for the oil and gas industry but unemployment is low everywhere. 

Todays cars are barely broke in at 100,000 miles and you will find if the drive train is in good shape on an auto you can just put 100 a month aside for repairs and oil changes and be able to have reliable transportation for 3 to 4 years on a 4000 dollar car that is paid for in cash.

Only idiots follow snake oil salesmen. been that way for over a hundred years, it's okay by me for some to learn the hard way.