Great question! You might want to meet up to acquire product from a few of the more entrepreneurial Online personalities, or maybe you think they'd make a good Subcontractor. Some of them have faction connections that could come in handy, or they might be the ones holding your Debt, acting as an employer for unique jobs.
If Basement burns up, I hope your HC can find a way out! Maybe they could start over on one of the other habitats - or you could always just reset everything with a new HC.