Because they provide a better product than other gas stations (where I live anyway).  

No, they would temporarily just use a near by gas station, neighbors house, sink or just go behind the shed.

We also would just get on the bus downtown and ride it until it came back to the station lol.  

Similar to you owning a gas station and having an ATM guy come in and place a machine.  

They stay at the station so many days and then have so many days off.  

Good Evening BiggerPockets,My name is Mikhail Andrade and I'm a motivated beginner real estate investor located in the Yuba City/Marysville area of California (45 minutes north of Sacramento).I'm an enlisted Contracting Officer stationed at Beale AFB.

When I was stationed in North Dakota back in 2004 we rented a SFR for about $800/mo. 

Supply did not meet demand, and I'm talking a town of 200 people - with a forest service station. 

I'd target the SF Bay Area Craigslist ads, and include info on commute time to SF, and how close the rental is to the Amtrak station, etc., for commuters.My friends live in Fairfield and work in Martinez. 

I've never been a fan of those moral compass type employee questionnaires and we would never use such a questionnaire in our tenant screening.However, we do query our tenants about basic household operations and provide them with an orientation (here is the main cut-off for the electrical; here is how you shutoff the natural gas; here is water shutoff; here is the fire extinguisher & here are the dates upon which you can go down the street to the fire station to learn how to use one .... ).