and we get rent paid on time as the tenants pick the fruit for food and use cash to pay rent. we have the normal mow and blow pick up any thing else.

Then the squirrel has to go back out to scrounge for food, even in the dead of winter.What if, instead of spending all that time gathering acorns himself, the squirrel had devised ways for the acorns to accumulate automatically?

., as well as allocating money for food, utilities, etc.

You'll make more money if you invest in the stocks of the best companies but, when the market goes down, you'll generally still lose money because the stocks of the best companies will go down too.I could write a book about this but hopefully I already gave you enough food for thought.

Try reaching out to your local building department and ask them if there is a process or procedure for this. 

Starting a conversation up with the local Planning Department about your intended uses is a good place to start that can fill you in on the process or let you know where what you want to do might be acceptable.

But the way I look at this example is I go to the supermarket I pay on time, bag my own groceries, carry my food out to the car and still the super market raises prices on food.

I equate this more to my Maltese yapping like crazy at my Bernese Mountain dog every time he comes within 10 feet of their food. 

Here in DC area its killing landlords as well as the small retail as the office buildings are all first floor retail/food service and the govt is not back to office or they are 2-3 days per week which for these businesses is a 406-%+ drop as typically fridays would be the day you go out for lunch etc. and now most people work from home on fridays.

Just food for thought.