As long as there’s death disease alcoholism drug use divorce etc.. there will always be deals if you look hard enough

Another place was owned by an alcoholic who hadn't cut his grass in 5 years.

Conspicuous consumption can hurt your business especially when it's known that you can't afford it.

It's like snake-oil salesman convinving people that alcohol with a new label will suddenly cure baldness.I rent properties for more than 30 days and less than one year.

In other words, do you spend $X creating a well known brand that pulls customers in without much additional marketing effort/expense, or do you spend that same $X on direct customer acquisition.In industries where customers are potentially repeat customers for life (fast food, alcohol, cigarettes, automobiles), spending that money on brand building is cheaper than spending that money on acquiring the same customers over and over -- that's why these industries put a ridiculous percentage of their profits back into building their brand.In real estate, the "customers" are the sellers -- they generate the income, even if not directly.

I curse that corrupt mf til this day.In the 1980s in high school we were on Baja beach drinking alcohol (I was 16 or 17 years old).  

Some were excellent for the first couple of jobs but then later turned out to be alcoholic?

Once I helped out some friends that had one tenant pass away from alcohol, the son was a complete mess with drugs urinating and defecating on the floor and on top of all that they were hoarders.

As a tenant, if the restaurant has music and/or sells alcohol, it can be a problem. 

Indeed, the entire monetary system of debt consumption is designed with you being the slave.