If the tenant takes good care of the unit and doesn't cause headaches then the landlord is playing with fire. You don't know how good you have it until you get a loser tenant who trashes the place...
You'd be better served learning how to balance your time between your goals and your hobbies. Then you could perpetually be making progress without having to dramatically alter how you live.
I like unions for the sake of protecting middle class jobs. All these 3rd world immigrants we keep importing are driving down the wages of middle class workers and we do need some sort of protection...