You can then tell the security office to disregard any alarms the rest of the night if needed.They run off of batteries and need to replace about every 3 years. 

Good thoughts as we embark on this New Year.....our time is precious and should be valued way more than most people do.One of my favorite sayings - "Money is a replacable commodity, time is not"

What gets expensive is replacing a deteriorated side sewer from the house to the street, when they use the cleanouts and find out what's going on down there. 

I’m not looking to retire early or replace my income through rentals—I just want to diversify our assets.

To ensure my replacement property value is at least $600k, I was considering putting the remaining $100k into a DST.

Yes, that makes perfect sense, especially in such a large transaction to find the replacement property.

@Sunny WuPerhaps offer them an incentive to also help in finding a replacement tenant.

My landlord insurance will have to cover the costs of fixing the interior like replacing carpet, interior painting etc.

Did you figure in the cost of the other tenant paying less than market rent until you can get them up to market rent or replace them with another tenant and how long that will take?

I have yet to complete a walk-through of the property and see what renovations may be needed (potential for HVAC and interior, but from my understanding the roof and windows were replaced within the last 7-8 years).