@Matthew Paul Although that IS a pretty easy way to make some quick cash (especially on the strip with drunk tourists) it's not quite as consistent as a monthly rent check/mortgage payment.

If you have a lot of tourist for example, you may not want to market your house towards plant workers because you wouldn't want your house booked for 3-6 months by 1 person.

I remember when I moved into apartments when I was younger, sometimes I'd find a bottle of wine or chocolates or a cheese basket, and it always made the place feel a little warmer.

If there's not a tourist or business demand for hotel, it would not perform well.It's not as simple  as property, you have to bring market demand into the picture.

Nothing crazy...a card accompanied by a bottle of wine, treats/toys for their pets, chocolates, the like.

One couple on their anniversary spilled wine, leaving a huge stain on the carpet.

If you blow a .08 or above that's considered a DUI. how many of you people have had 2 glasses of wine then drove home?

So, smallest house on the nicest block has been a wining strategy for me.

Even when I was a resident manager, if I socialized in any way with a tenant - become a walking buddy, go have a glass of wine, etc., they always, without fail, wanted some special favor and I'd have to say no.  

I tried to make 5-10 properties in an entire popular wine country town work, could not, and have basically moved on from an entire city simply because with 35% property manager fees (the lowest you can find, and the town requires a PM), no rental will ever be profitable.