Exactly. Notice how no one in the story has clean hands, even the reporter who knew that paying below market rent in cash without a lease meant that something

Exactly. Notice how no one in the story has clean hands, even the reporter who knew that paying below market rent in cash without a lease meant that something funny was going on. It's not that hard to avoid shady business (though in fact, I laud the reporter, and maybe even Eddie and Rosa, for squeezing a bit of blood from a stone).