Although I've long been interested in RE investment (primarily as a buy-and-hold passive income source), I'm a chicken with no experience and limited cash reserve who just never got serious.

And if Ive learned anything, its don't count your chickens till they hatch.

It is close to a large chicken processing plant.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.I see lots of people giving you advice when the answer is really - it depends.

I'm considering building a second window,  that would serve as a security measure, utilizing the space i have now,  and using a metal,  chicken wire type screen over sandblasted glass. havent had much luck on craigslist or ebay. 

It's really a game of chicken with the tenants.

What came first the chicken or the egg?

But you have the "chicken and egg" problem to overcome first: how do you prove you're a "closer" when you can't get the time of day?

I respect his judgement on it because he is the "boots on the ground" law, but we are not going to be swayed because of as Rich Dad, Poor Dad would say "chicken little effect."

This is the chicken or egg situation.