I took them home clean them up and reused them, once those ran out I stole the signs that were out on a Sunday night, cleaned off the permanent marker with rubbing alcohol and reused them.

While there are no known drug/antiviral treatments for those that are infected, the virus itself can be killed with simple disinfectants such as alcohol and bleach. 

They are discounted and sold for cash so that the money can be used to gamble, buy drugs or alcohol.

Think about things like cigarettes and alcohol, no matter which way the economy is headed those things will always be in consumption.

r2d2,In the US (in most states), the age to vote, smoke, and sign contracts is 18. 21 to buy alcohol.

The owner also refuses to expand in bringing in new alcohol, new music, more gambling machines, or new events. this would probably bring in $50,000 more each year.

What blogs, websites, newspapers, etc do you read to keep yourself educated about your local market?

There are additional requirements if you are going to hire employees right off the bat, sell alcohol, ship dangerous substances Etc.

If you as the landlord are paying for water, you have to consider wasteful consumption by the tenants; they might have a car wash for charity running there on weekends.

Young people consume lots of hot water.We have a 5-bdrm student house which has undergone a significant energy efficiency retrofit ... but ~50% of the monthly electrical consumption is hot water.