There's excessive alcohol,  drugs and prostitutes everywhere. 

I bought a 1926 house in a neighborhood where I am restricted from manufacturing or selling alcohol.

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).

If the federal gov't says you can't drive with a blood alcohol level over 0.8, and the state you are in says it's 0.5, then you are bound to the 0.5 standard while in that state. 

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.  

We both make a very decent income but we don't see any of it because we have had a high consumption lifestyle for far too long.It's good that you found that discipline and took control over your situation to realize your goals.

At the same time, vagrants suffering from drug and alcohol abuse are for the first time pitching tents on our street.We feel trapped between falling rents and falling home prices, rent control, and bad city policies on crime and homelessness.

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?

Impact of climate change and consumption habits on your rentals must be factored in these days as does the resiliency of the portfolio based on the local industries and how they can be impacted by things like fires, storms, even decreased demand for fossil fuels.There are other things to consider but I’ll stop now....