These personal attacks and misdirection to a topic you feel you posses a moral high ground lead me to believe this isn't a topic you are comfortable talking about in a constructive manner.  

The moral of the story is, why not dress nice?

Adds a nice boost to over your local markets average return and doesn't have the risk of lots of debt, potential issues on bigger rehabs, etc.

Also, it boosts your credit rating so you a have a green light to expand when the market bottoms again.

Thanks Scott,You obviously missed the moral of the article.I own numerous properties across the Bahamas along with the US.What does "retired" mean to you?

The city was actually trying to reach for tech startups to give a little boost to its economy

Although its technically legal there should be a moral code among investors IMHO. 

(LA was up over 10% last year) I guess the moral to the story is take a look at the bigger picture when it comes to cash flow. 2% sounds great in the beginning, then compare that to 1% property that has 3% annual rent increases, while your at it go ahead and add some equity gains.  

Two of the main criteria for granting credit (of any kind) is capacity (do they make enough money to pay the debt) and character (do they have the ethics and morality to pay a debt?)

Moral of the story:  If someone wants out of your house due to illness (real or imagined), mold or whatever, it is best to just let them go.