Do you know for sure they were smoking pot?

I am just putting my 2 pennies into the pot. i have a SFH in PA that i rent 4 bedrooms to students and another home that i was able to convert to a 2 family so i have 8 bedrooms in that one i rent, student rentals can be a good source of income. just make sure you price it right, offer some amenities and pay attention to what the school is doing, I have an example of what i mean, the college i invest by just did a ton of work to the school, and added a lot of housing, its a slow growing school. when they did the building there was a report they did that i found online, stating that even with the building they felt there would still be a need for outside house as there wouldn't be enough still. fast forward 3 years, maybe because more students were renting in town and not their housing, they just mandated thuis year that all freshman and sophomores must live on campus. puts a blow to the town and the rental properties. i haven't bought more, but i haven't sold either, after rehabbing mine, they are better than a lot in town.

The longer your hand stays in the pot with these, the more volatile they become.

My first major bench mark will be to have enough coming in from rentals to cover my monthly personal expenses.  

Typically syndicators have to start out giving more of the deal (sweetening the pot) to get investors to take chances on them with their capital.

At least for me, I never wanted to be that 'bus bench' realtor with my headshot plastered all over town.   

Pots, pans dishwasher, cutting boards, mixing bowls, cookie sheets, etc. 

I feel I need to **** or get off the pot if im going to leverage myself.

If pot is not legal where you are, that is a lease violation and you can evict them on that. 

I knew before the building closed escrow that most of the tenants came home from work, took off their shirt and hung their pot bellies over the balcony rails every day as they drank beer (no joke).