Hanging out and being neighborly is the most important thing.Helping a neighbor with quick fix (paint, broken mailbox, etc.) is always rewarding and appreciated.I like the find the worst house on the block, usually vacant, and mow it.  

Everyone has their own way of analyzing risk reward and it is a subjective philosophy NOT a scientific principle.

While they would have to be able to bath, dress, feed themselves, there is often a level of monitoring required by a certain level of health care professional (often at the nursing assistant level stage) to be present much of the time.It can be financially rewarding for the person running such a program; the veterans themselves in my neck of the woods will often pay upwards of $800 to $1200 each for their room and board (still less expensive than their next step which would be a nursing home facility) but the VA does require regular monitoring of these type of facilities.Gail (who works in a VA Medical facility)

I only entered that field of work because I thought it would be financially rewarding.

I pay them more than what they quoted me and reward them nicely for any extra thing I asked them to do.

From my personal standpoint PM is a very very tough job.. and one that is under rewarded not over rewarded !! 

Obviously nothing is guaranteed - the state is borderline bankrupt, and there are plenty of other risks, but when compared to other risk / reward scenarios, I'm betting on this one.

Mitchell,Everything comes down to risk and reward.

I know Chase and AmEx also offers similar rewards.

With that said, I am sure you are well aware of the fact that real estate (and most other) investing is about strategically assessing risk and reward.