Skiatook sits on the Osage County line, a few miles east of Skiatook Lake, and that geography defines the work. Outside town, lots get large and wooded, and plenty of homes sit on acreage with shops and outbuildings. And some of the property around the lake is weekend and second homes rather than primary residences.
Second homes change what automation is for. When you are not there, the system stops being about convenience and starts being about knowing. Cameras, a thermostat you can check from Tulsa, freeze and water-leak sensors that catch a problem in January before it becomes a claim, lights on a schedule, and a house that is already comfortable when you arrive on Friday.
On the acreage side, the constraint is distance. Detached shops and outbuildings need hardwired connections, not a wireless bridge that works until it rains.