(They want to be able to have parties, smoke quasi legal substances, they want to have bbqs and a backyard to call their own etc) Also believe it or not some are still price sensitive (if they don't have an unlimited student loan or bank of mom&dad).My 3 Fanshawe rentals are all in this neighbourhood.

Performing energy efficiency retrofits of our properties is core to our operating principals, so we try to utilize these programs when available (even if the program is more show than substance).

The property manager told her, professionally in my opinion, that since there was no oil or other sort of disfiguring substance present, that wasn't something they were going to do.

In the future, I will probably set up an LLC and use that to hold these, which would reduce the audit risk (even though it is the same business and form over substance) and then elect S corp taxation so not all of it will be passed through as social security/Medicare wages.

More recently (not sure exactly when), they expanded their scope "to serve those managing a mental illness and substance abuse, in addition to those living with HIV/AIDS."

That is a different (and very good) application of a different strategy I use (teach) that I refer to as using a "cash like substance"...

@Justin WallerI think majority truly is just the days, however, I would be careful about things being "form over substance."

I explained that since Marcus is a thief (he owes me money and stole some stuff from Bob), I am not obligated to host known criminals with known substance abuse problems in my duplex.

Most start off by finding deals, finding buyers and nourishing those relationships. 

Some new ones have a gel substance that gets heated up and allows electrical to shut off until it needs to be reheated again, unlike old electric baseboard that would radiate for hours wasting electricity.