One bed+bath upstairs, two beds + one bath in a finished basement.Fast forward 5 years (after the long term tenant of 4 years left) and I get a report that the basement has been ruined from water intrusion, requiring the entire basement to be gutted and re-finished.

You may be able to market the whole package to someone who may want to wipe out the 3-unit and build a large apartment building with storage units across the road where the gulley is now, where you make a nice profit on the sale plus ruin this guy's green-space entrance to his neighborhood. 

Huge crowds tend to ruin everything in my opinion. 

You pocket the rents (greedy) and ruin the credit of the seller. 

Upfront rent seeks to lower barrier of entry but risk of ruin is high.

Each year there is new clueless to ruin it for the rest of us on an ongoing basis.

Long distance is ruining our relationship.

DO NOT INVEST THEY WILL RUIN YOUR HOUSES TENNANTS DONT CARE  IF YOU NEED PICS WELL THE SLAB OF CEMENT IN THE BACK IS WHERE THEIR CREWS THROW BUSHES SHRUBS AND SO ON.

Don't ruin it by jumping into something too early like the thought of landlording section 8.

This hoarding situation is ruining your asset.