It turns out that it's an old mining/railroad town, and the railroad or the mining company, I forget which, had easements from way back when the town was formed, under the ground of the town, so we wouldn't have owned any minerals or water or whatever under the property.And, they had the right to come and start digging under the house and yard if they ever decided they wanted to, or to drill for water. 

I would imagine there are  people saving well over $100 / week because they can't go out and spend money on drinks/ restaurants, sports events ( $12 beer anyone?

BUT...I wonder if being "dirt poor" means they don't have...cable, the internet, cell phones, pets, smoke, drink, have multiple cars, window AC units...hmmm, make's ya wonder! 

Sometimes someone drinks too much in the evenings, but they don't hurt anyone. 

His studio apartment was quite small and felt even smaller due to the ominous presence of a giant cross made out of heavy hand-hewn timbers, which he would haul around the courtyard and perimeter of the apartment complex nightly while wearing not much besides an actual crown of thorns, while drinking red wine and flagellating himself with a leather whip, reliving the blood sacrifice that redeemed us all as a way to thank Jesus for delivering him from the box of snakes (and freaking out the other residents in the apartment complex in the process, although weirdly they all just kind of ignored him). 

I mean it’s year 2020 family fun, 2 kids playing their iPads with their headphones on lying on the kitchen floor, @karenhiggins reading what I can only guess is a romance novel, and I’m drinking water trying to shake a Friday night of beer and video games.

Responsible leverage. ie: don’t drink the “no money down!!”

Nobody's even spilled a drink on it!

Just make sure you have a good solid rental agreement with everything in writing of what is and isn't allowed at your property....I don't smoke....or have pets and drink very very little so I had that in my ad as well as in the rental agreement about no smoking ANYTHING in or around the property....no friends that smoke coming over.....no pets,,,,,no waterbeds....etc......worked out great and I did that for 7 years,,,,,,,although it wasn't a requirement it was stated in the roomate rental agreement that rent is preferred to be in cash,

It's funny, here in San Jose the city actually adds minerals to the water so that it will suds up nicely.