This would ideally include a video doorbell with an app that can manage both and see the cameras/recordings for both systems. 

Is it a term commitment or are you just employed with a company until you choose to leave or move on?

Our next LIVE Market Intelligence Workshop is coming up this November and you get to choose the topic. 

Additionally, since we are out of state (Washington) and unable to do walkthroughs of prospective properties, Chris has been great about taking videos for us, which has been very helpful. 

She's choosing to favor the tenants over you, which is a violation of her responsibility.As for liability, I think you're making a mountain out of a mole hill.

Which option would you choose based on your experience and why?

Continuously educate yourself through books, podcasts, and videos, such as BiggerPockets Podcast and YouTube channels.

Many investors from California are choosing to invest in the Midwest because of the low barrier to entry and yearly cash returns making more sense in these lower priced markets.

It is a minor expense to get more completed applications to choose from.Is it just you?

But if you are asking opinions, and receive them from people who have lived through it, and still choose to charge forward because the guru's voice is louder, well, that is on them.