Autocratic governments tend to have even more issues because the issues are hidden from the public and nobody within those institutions wants to risk pushing them up the chain to get solved. 

One day this daughter said that we needed to put the water hose on and through the 6 foot tall chain link fence because people were coming who needed water. 

There's something called daisy chaining, where wholesalers sell other wholesaler deals and continually mark up the prices. 

Say I want to buy a property to operate it as a STR (with material participation avg < 7days stay).If I travel to the beach to see some properties I am interested in, am I allowed to deduct the travel, stay, meals as expenses?

STRs rented and NOT providing substantial services (regular cleaning, meal prep, trips/excursions, etc) goes on schedule E, not schedule C. 2.

Can't use the MLS or do daisy chains off other people. 

At the time, and still similar now, I do not have a consistent flow of off market deals that are not from daisy chain wholesalers.

My guess was that the floor wasn't leveled in certain areas leading to a chain reaction of splitting

And even in receivorships like with some of the bigger chains it's not a given that just because a store goes dark the landlord gets nothing. 

Quote from @Greg Scott: Seems like your tenant was trying to avoid the $147 fee, otherwise, why would the trailer be parked away from the house.It’s called a chain link fence.