If you are in the ghetto, don't start spending a ton of money putting in higher end finishes (I openly admit to putting granite and stainless appliances in my ghetto rental, however granite is VERY cheap here in FL and basic stainless appliances from scratch and dent stores are not that much more expensive and add a lot of impact.)I have another rental in a nice, blue collar neighborhood.  

What attracted me to become an agent was the simple fact that I will make as much money as the effort that I put into it, and because I was always the hardest worker at the retail store or being a grocery clerk and never found it to be fair that someone getting paid the same amount as me can slack off and not do anything and get the same pay.

When the Police  came the second day, and saw the stairs were back, they told us that stairs are usually where druggies store their "stash".  

You could also post flyers around town, like in restaurants and grocery stores

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Granted, you have to store it & schlep it back & forth, but if you need to do multiple driveways, patios, block walls, sheds, dirty siding, etc. it might be worth thinking about.

Hmmm, I had to pay extra money for groceries this month with Thanksgiving and all, and I'm nice to the Grocery Store people.  

Only to find that it was not the store with the discounted flooring I wanted (home depot had the flooring)....

I'm getting $1.89/ft online for my local store. 

There are many 2-families in (downtown) Framingham for example that are more affordable and appear to be good investments on paper (close to commuter rail, stores, lot of rentals) but everybody knows that investing in a less than favorable neighborhoods is a huge risk.