Lot of people would be happier being broke than diabetic ...Make a movement around this concept and it becomes FIRE...start a successful financial show/training   around this concept and you get a Dave Ramsey show..write a successful blog around this and you get Mr Money Mustache. 

Whether or not something has to be maintained into perpetuity is rarely my concern; when people start paying for low maintenance over aesthetics, I'll change my mind.

That and I plan to establish and lock down the systems I'm going to refine and use in perpetuity for other rental properties.

It perpetuates the stereotypes of landlords being cheap vultures.

I have you to thank for leading me to the FI movement.

Also threads titled like this / this mentality are giving backing to the "landlords are evil" movement right now.

I'd love to help start a movement - by creating positive human connections, building community, and helping local economies prosper with and within rental properties - where we as investors focused on the future possibilities of this glorious industry, instead of passing blame to occupants or hindsight problems from our mistakes.

I like to make investments based on the movement of the market as a whole. 

He found out the management company was lying to him about half the units being perpetually vacant when it was actually 90% full, and the crooked PM was pocketing almost half the rent.

The martial arts helps kids in so many other respects than just the self-defense application so it's not all bad.With the arts you have to train for a very long time to take complex movements and make them part of your natural reaction process.