Easy to deal with and understand things from a real estate perspective.

From my perspective, I would appreciate if more landlords would choose a method that is easily documented and re-producible and stick with it.

and yes i would do some weeding, plop in a few $6/gallon succulents from lowes/homedepot, and throw down some mulch ($3/bag) for a fresh finished look (or even better, gravel if my wallet affords it)does landscape pay off?

If you're not willing or able to work thusly, you should probably just invest in other areas that truly are "passive" e.g. stocks/bonds, etc.Yes really, she's a terrible tenant who got great service from us and who moved into our freshly rehabbed home that was in perfect brand new condition.We go the extra mile to provide a top notch product and service but there are limits on how much time can be spent on a passive investment.

From an outside perspective, I interpret this situation a little differently.

@Matt Motil from a tax perspective, it makes the most sense to separate the businesses.

Ditto @Noel Lumbo...great perspectives and much truth in his post.  

This has caused us a bit of hassle from the accounting perspective. 

Here's the background:I'm taking a course at UCLA taught by Jon Swire, the author of There's No Free Lunch in Real Estate, and he comes from a different perspective than I often see on BP.

We are already strongly against this idea they have but wanted to get some perspective.