I have the memorandums to go off of for those but they are like 100 pages, I like the material and the documentation but seems excessive. 

For those of you who flips or do a rental turnover that the renovation may last a while - let's say longer then 3 months - during such time the property will be vacant and you may have expensive tools laying around, as well as materials and appliances being stored at various stages of the process, what do you do to secure and keep an eye on the property during that time?

I am currently enrolled in a technical school in California studying and preparing to work with Amtrak.

And all PM contracts I saw were more or less structured this way if you study them ...Contractors stealing everything that isn't bolted down ...

Until then I plan on finishing my Bachelor’s Degree in Real Estate Studies, obtain my real estate agent license, and eventually a broker’s license with the intent of opening a property management business in Southern Alabama.

This place has huge amounts of education material. 

I would suggest that you study the market in your own backyard as a real world laboratory.  

Easiest before you need the materials, etc. 

I am looking into the process, costs and a feasibility study. 

Get rid of all materials in the home like curtains, carpets etc and have your heating ducts vacuumed out.