Courtney Moeller’s Chapter (Chapter 8) is a first‑person account of her journey from early hardship to building wealth through alternative investments—primarily oil & gas and cryptocurrency mining. The chapter interleaves personal resilience and mentorship themes with practical investing guidance: the need to diversify after losing income in the 2016 oil crash, discovery of Bitcoin and syndication, strict due diligence for oil & gas deals (preference for major operators, minimum four wells, permit/record verification), and the powerful tax benefits of working‑interest oil investments (intangible drilling costs, depletion allowance). The included video transcription supplies concrete underwriting thresholds and verification workflows (e.g., using county wellbore recordings and state conservation commission production data).
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12% of global investment portfolios, reflecting a $13.4 trillion market (Preqin Global Report, 2022).
She uses $70 per barrel as a conservative pricing assumption (average price over the prior five years).
A minimum of four wells per project (to avoid single‑well concentration risk).
She seeks projects that return capital in about 18 months ("return capital in 18ish months").
A $100,000 investment produced an $82,700 K‑1 loss in the example provided.