If you have a major employer who supports 10% of the town then you could face serious pressures when there is an economic slowdown and they cut jobs, reduce hours, furlough employees or look to outsource work to cut cost.You have done some reading on BP but are you ready for investing in the US.What are your objectives, goals?

Most times tanks die before pressure relief does.  

If he is under some pressure to cash out, what would he take?

.#3  Managing a manager takes a lot of work and putting on pressure when its needed can be effective.Finding good people in any industry is not an easy task.  

Read and understand ALL contracts BEFORE you decide to purchase – while this advice seems like common sense, many times these purchases are made in haste and under pressure.

So congratulations for standing firm in the face of what I'm sure was a ton of pressure.

With constant pressure over time you build momentum and soon enough it moves with almost no effort. 

Their acquisitions are down 60% this year so the pressure should be easing up and returning to equilibrium.

Has anyone checked the pressure coming into the house? 

For instance, last time, we planned it when we had a turnover, brought our pressure washer down, pressure washed the homes, stained one of the decks, secured all the loose fence pickets, gates, locks, etc., painted the outside door trim and porch rails, etc.