The guy's been watching too many truck commercials, I guess -- can't wait to go "off-roading" ;)Seriously, I doubt the compaction would go down far enough to hurt the pipes, but it will definitely destroy the yard. 

However, in those instances we do inspect and keep a watch to make sure food is not rotting in a fridge, pipes are not freezing, candles are not being used as a light source, etc.  

The added benefit that I hope they'll see if they find my site and watch the videos/read the posts, is that I build a quality product. 

Keep the grass mowed and landscaping in good shape.Also, we bought a wildlife camera for $100 on Amazon and position it where we want to watch activity.  

In our tool kit, I keep a "Zip It" drain tool and use it when we do our regular maintenance inspections, here's a good video that demonstrates it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?

One Tip: Go on line and find all the local Community Banks and Credit Unions in your area that are on the Watch List.

They are going to leave their dog behind, and want his dad to stay at the house and watch the dog, and their house.

This phone is very small and fits in the watch pocket of my jeans if I'm wearing those.The texts have been great to keep records, I just sent a text to a tenant that was late on rent just before this post.

Even a simple job like setting the base cabinets will go faster if one person can watch the level and the other can futz with the shims.

I started to deal with listing agents directly and immediately saw a big difference.I would agree with you that SS and REO transactions are the deals you WANT someone to watch your back and go to bat but may be it's locale (South Florida is the fraud capital of real estate) or my luck but it is what it is my experience is I can't even get in the front door with a buyer agent.and Fannie Mae is the worse, the last deal with Fannie Mae fell apart due to some title error requiring to reforeclose.