Security Camera Surveillance

[Brandon Smith]

Hello all, looking for suggestions. I have 4 rental properties I want eyes on without having to pay for someone to monitor it every month or to have wifi connected with it. I'm looking into purchasing I think what is called an NVR box to keep in a shed outside for hard wired cameras. As long as I have a power source I believe I'll be okay, but this is all new to me so I'm most likely missing something. When it's set up, at that point about once a month I'll come by to collect the footage to bring home from an SD card, fast forward it say 10x speed for the month and just look for anything suspicious. Peeping into windows, auto theft attempts, unknown parties at my property, that sort. Maybe (hopeful) for a discount on home insurance too. I believe keeping the NVR box in a shed will be difficult with lawn mowers and equipment at each property so I'll have to protect it but my main concern is the extreme weather Virginia has both hot and cold pending on the day. I know for certain that my box will have to be either external from the house itself but on the premise or in a basement. I'm all ears for any suggestions on how to go about this, which brand of NVR/camera that are ideal for my situation, just anything and everything. It's all appreciated thank you!