You also want to have the huge washing machines 80lb and up so people can wash multiple loads at once or they can wash their comforters.

(No disrespect, just a fact)3) It's a hyper cyclical sector where downturns wash away all the noobies-over-leveraged-folks so without capital your only comparative advantage will be work ethics and built up experience: college and internships will bring you that.

Profit center is on lot rent, rent on homes will be a wash long term.

Broken front door as well, paint on some windows (she said it washes off). 

Are they taking all the dirties with them and washing at home?

It's a wash, with the only thing certain being greater and greater legal fees (but there are no "landlord's rights" pro bono legal assistance firms, at least not in my area).Kind of like how a real estate agent chasing a listing is always going to say it's a good time to sell, or kind of like how one of me always finds a solution to the real estate problem at hand that involves originating a mortgage, etc etc.

He then proceeded to tell me about how awful being a landlord was. He

Unit turns/Paint/Pressure Wash/Branding/HUD & Section 8 Tenants/14 Evictions and cured most of the loss to lease.

After washing the walls you can use Killz as primer to be safe, then paint.

I developed this land into a car wash and eventually added a detail shop building on the West end of the property.