You're in a business world, not a charity 

This is not a charity.

I suggest you not try to turn charity work into passive income.  

No, it will work and has certain other benefits that driving the car does not.I can take my $10,000/year and save toward a business, I can put it toward stocks, I can save toward nothing in particular, I can spend it like everyone else does on nice cars and huge TVs, I can spend it at the strip club, buy another rental, I can put it toward the mortgage, I can put it toward the kids' college, I can give it to charity, etc.

But, that's still my OPINION on the best way to run my for-profit business.Don't get me wrong, if someone chooses to operate their business like a charity, independent of profitability, I respect that.  

It's a business not a hobby not a charity.

Once we had to store for 30 days and actually stored for 60 days (long story-see my post about that one), the tenant never came up with the money to get her stuff back, didn't have the means (labor/transport) to deal with it either, so when her time was up we sold some of it in consignment shops, gave some of it to a charity thrift store, kept a few useful items for ourselves, and took the left overs to the dump.

If you can't do that, then don't become a landlord.It is ok to be nice, but you're running a business, and not a charity!

Other people may find the value in giving money to charity or to family, and I support their decisions.

I am hoping to run a business where the clients are happy and feel they get value, of course I am not doing this for charity so need to make my money on this.