As a side note, I just closed on this house about a month ago- within a week, these tenants have already planted flowers and landscaping...  

I tried this eco-friendly painted texture stripper and it caused it to be gum.  

We plant trees as needed.

So I inherited a tenant that has a small green house worth of plants in pots on their balacony and inside.

Great for exterior work but rinse everything off....especially plants.  

(Note,, we had apartments that had decks the owner was like a dog on a bone,, nothing was permitted on decks that wasn't patio type furniture,, no bikes, no crap,, plants and planters ok but everything else was not permitted ,, I did notes to tenants all summer long..  

The master bathroom I completely re-did the shower area and textured the ceiling of the entire bathroom and that one costs around $6k.

I own a rental property and noticed a few years ago that my neigbor had started landscaping on my property and has set a wall of plants and stones to indicate the "property line"As this was in a corner any from the house and never used I didnt think too much of it.

However, in a controlled manufacturing plant, floors, ceiling, roof, rafters and walls are all being built simultaneously.

Planting things... not a bad Idea but the passive income part is really key for me.