Unfortunately there are no barriers between his backyard and our rental property, and campers location is very close to the kitchen of our rental property.

But the truth is no matter how fancy someone dresses up the pig, the old addage, "If you want something done right you have to do it yourself" always rings true.

You can find cheap motion-activated security lights, loud audible alarm systems, perhaps a harder to cut cage for the AC unit - I'd get as many barriers to taking your item as you can, and hope they might just grab the one next door instead - why take yours with the lights, cage, alarm etc. when there's a vacant house around the corner with nothing - this is often the best that can be done in my experience.

Keep enough barriers between you and your tenants, the menial fee is worth the peace of mind.

You can find some multi-family properties in decent areas if you look at some of the inner-ring suburbs, such as Shaker Heights, Cleveland Heights, and Lakewood.

Don't let the mental barrier keep you from going into commercial. 

Unfortunately the barrier for entry into a lower-end home is about $1 million now, and property taxes are low (likely less than $5k).I currently have a financed home with about ~250k in equity (2% interest rate), and we have about ~220k in cash. 

Loans are Fannie and Freddie‘s affordable home programs that allow you to enter the real estate market with a competitive edge, but there are some barriers of entry you must know in and out.

I like to get the toilet up anyway and make sure we don't have a failing wax ring and it is almost the same price to rebuild a toilet as it is to replace it with a cheap one.

Others require a full foundation.)I hadn't even thought about lending being a barrier.