Landlord shall not be obligated to clean, decorate, alter, repair, or otherwise improve the rental, either before or after the execution of this lease, unless agreed to in writing as part of this Agreement.If a tenant moves in and notices something requires repair, I'll fix it.

Well everyone already beat me to it with the obvious answer but I will use one of my placers as an example.I had tenants that wanted to make some alterations to the place which I did not mind as it would improve the place but informed them that I would need to approve of their plans and this would com out of their pockets.The made alterations which if I'm being honest made the place look much nicer but then tried to get out of paying rent because of the alterations they had made. 

Also rental income could be increased (double) by adding more units by doing minor alterations. 

House hacking and driving an older/cheaper vehicle will also help to break the consumer debt habits as you're significantly altering your lifestyle. 

There is typically no ramification for backing out of a purchase contract as long as you're in the due diligence phase and haven't altered the contract in any way (like offering non-refundable earnest money upon acceptance).  

Landlord shall not be obligated to clean, decorate, alter, repair, or otherwise improve the rental, either before or after the execution of this lease, unless agreed to in writing as part of this Agreement.I have dozens of people renting every year without looking in person.

Nothing else major was added and altered except for some aesthetic changes.

Go to a Live EventA good live conference can be positively life altering. 

And since I had to fire my contractor for altering the agreed upon repairs I couldn't apply for the permits.

And since I had to fire my contractor for altering the agreed upon repairs I couldn't apply for the permits.