cool, considering 1 IN 3 AMERICANS has or has had an alcohol abuse disorder!

Solution #1 - Austerity - it would eventually turn the ship around - but that's 5 or more years of under-consumption, increased savings and paying down debt.. living below our means - which means a sustained weak economy (high unemployment, demand destruction and a slow leak in asset prices).

The cost to move a business as well as to file for Alcoholic Beverage Control's license and permitting process will take time and cost them money.  

I have a tenant who is an alcoholic.

I tend to agree with him.I am not sure what part of that $300 is due to my irrigation since I don't know his "normal" consumption rate.I have dialed back the timer to water now only 10 minutes on MWF.There is also a possibility of a leak, but I doubt it.Any recommendation on what's the best way to handle this?

Plus people need to get away and relax more when times are bad, that's why alcohol sales always go way up during tough times.....

Most people here are actually talking about how you deploy funds -- either for investment or consumption -- that the debt allows you to do. 

I was hoping to see some creative ideas like "AI leasing agents" or  "using AI to optimize electricity consumption and HVAC operations in an office building" 

Said plainly, you'll always have a viable tenant pool because of this level of conspicous consumption.

Neither is necessarily right or wrong, you have to do what's right for you, but i have to say I believe there are 2 different kinds of debt - consumption debt which is bad (e.g. student loans and credit cards), which Kiyosaki calls "doo dads" and what I consider "good debt", by using other peoples money (such as a bank) to purchase INCOME PRODUCING ASSETS (NOT speculative ones).