He could have invested a major stake in oil and gas operations allowing him to write off the majority of his investment in the first year.

PVC is used mostly on restaurants as it does well with oil that comes from hood exhausts, but it is a newer and developing product.  

Specifically Princeville, Poipu, and Coconut Coast for Short Term Vacation Rentals.

Are these places in the 'north' where you have oil heaters?

Once everything "soft" was removed, and prior to paint, I ran 10 gallons of zinnsser oil based primer through my sprayer.

Those that survived did so by focusing on municipal work, utilities, and maybe some oil & gas field work, or a bit of commercial. 

These are water-based primers.Kilz Original and Kilz Complete, on the other hand, are oil-based primers.

I would buy 20,000 barrels of oil at $50/barrel and find a partner to help me store it in an offshore oil tanker for a small equity stake. 

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.

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!!!)