Someone who is a millionaire and wants capital preservation may want a 4-5% return to safeguard against losses, so that is an acceptable return for him and one he may consider "good" for that purpose, when he knows a 4-5% return is horrible in the grand scheme of things. 

These employees keep the transaction organized and act as one more safe guard against things falling through the cracks.

How would your property be safeguarded against vandalism/theft/squatters?

Before that  i was a inspector for safeguard doing inspections on forclosed houses or soon to be ..  

That will help safeguard against additional animals joining the fun along the way.

Absolutely it is possible, but it is highly improbable as we have safeguards (Fed) to open the flood gates.

The numbers were right, but I failed to add the cost of my time, driving back and forth, inspecting and safeguarding the property.Since I buy about 5-10 properties a month, I always like to drive around my properties on weekends just to do inspections and review work done by contractors.The first time I bought a property in Los Angels, I had to travel there during the week.

Also, as a personal purchase how do you safeguard against tenant legal issues?

hi darvin. here is the possible deal. banks have been dropping some houses from their books lately. by this i mean they started the foreclosure, then decided it was not worth their time and effort to own and resell the house, so they drop it off their books. they then file a release of lein with the local register of deeds. that is key here. if the bank has released the lein, the house now belongs to the orginal owner and you can buy directly from them. the banks usually hire a firm such as safeguard or others to " manage" the house while it is in foreclosure. this being mowing the lawn, checking on the house on a bi-weekly basis, etc. when the lawn stops being mowed, papers pile up on the porch, taxes stop  being paid, etc. its likely the bank has released their lein. you then need to find the owner and buy him out. usually they do not care about the house and will let it go dirt cheap. good luck

Doubtful you would save fees. 1031 companies to hold funds the good ones have adequate insurance policies and other safeguards which cost money to maintain.My criteria is more the experience of the 1031 company and how credible versus shaving 100 dollars off of a typical fee multi-thousand fee etc.