Then he'd call and tell me to pick up a few bags of mulch, 8 or 10 shrubs to plant and bring my weekwhacker, chainsaw and big ladder.

It plants a seed about passive income. 

Growing the plant has become commoditized, it would seem.

@Michael Plante when you say "south side of St Pete", where exactly are you referring?

In my experience “buying” in the inner city rarely involves the exchange of cash.Regardless of where you rent my concern would be that you have planted a seed in an otherwise good tenants head.

They seem like great markets for buy and hold strategies due to the nearby plants.

@Ryan Cerpa Thanks for the insight, it would be worth looking into what regulations our set on our provider@Michael Plante thanks, that is certainly what we are doing. 

That being said, you could also pick an underdeveloped area of Southeast or Northeast DC and plant your flag.

I had an entry up for a friend of mine who was living in the tropics.

@Neal Collins I work on Transformers. you know Autobots and deceptcons... jk Not the ones on power poles, I work on the big ones coming out of power plants.