Both actually suffered losses during the downturn in March, granted it wasn't a lot, but it was still losses and the upside in both accounts was only 4% on a good year and more likely less.

Trying to plant the seed in our real estate investment journey. who has experience with this and what advice can you offer to us ?

Will the real estate market suffer a catastrophic meltdown as well?

I always had tomato plants growing in my yard as a kid.

However since you said you don't exactly care if its 100% legal or not then you are always free to do whatever you want, you just have to be prepared to suffer the legal consequences when someone takes offense.  

If you loose your one tenant you pay the bills and your return on investment suffers a great deal. 

On the layout i was thinking in searching for plant in town.

@Trevor Plante thanks Trevor I like the idea of price shopping.

In my experience Every scum sucking crackhead with a pit bull needs it for medical reasons related to their ptsd they suffered in their past .

If the work wasn't done to code, you could end up paying repair costs, building code fines, and suffering loss of rental income, since some jurisdictions don't allow you to collect rent until the building's defects are cured.