I know its not legal.. but I self insure myself in that regard. some say its recession proof and some say not.. my banker says not.. he says when economy gets tough they just won't spend 200 bucks a month to store their stuff they either up and leave it or move it somewhere else.. so that's two opinions.my units were quite unique one they were A class and two right across the street from 300 floating homes and all my tenants save a very few had house boats.. so I kind of had a captive audicance and once I got it converted to mainly all houses boats..

The network and broker you are with can certainly help boost your success, but in my opinion nothing replaces putting in the time and being creative with how you operate your business to show how you, as an agent, are unique to your clients (Investors, people planning to buy for their primary residence, etc.)I also have an REI mentor who has helped with my process a lot if you would like a recommendation.

Homes are unique, and costs will vary house/house.   

So if there is a fix & flip LLC, and a rental LLC for multiple properties with each property on its own LLC, rather than filling out multiple unique LLC information on a return, it would all just be lumped together on schedule E as one source of personal income?

A unique script has to be written, for each county, to iterate through ALL of the accounts, and compiling the data in a database, which can then be queried for accounts which match your criteria.Iterating through all of the accounts requires exploiting the county's online property tax search.

We have 2 units that take longer to rent, but that's partly because they are unique. 

There has been a dramatic increase in listings, but if you keep your rental nice and kind of unique/stylish, it's likely not a bad investment idea.The city/region has a major issue right now regarding hotel/short-term rental availability.

When I first started doing lending in Detroit.. this was an issue ... my client a big time flipper rehabber always had retired cops there with a clip board to check in the workers.. it was determined early on that much of the theft came from the exact guys that put the stuff in during the day.. they had the codes they knew what was there they would come in at night and steal it .the day cop and clip board put that to bed.So I agree with @Bryan Bannach  hire a retired policemen have him there during construction hours its the cost of owing property in the hood.. nothing unique about this.or just sell the property and buy something else.. but I think your looking to assemble so I know you probably don't want to sell.so just as stated hire security and I really like the idea of the @Patrick Liska  Cinder block fence I would for sure do that.. then put broken bottles in the concrete on top..

What toys do you want to have when you grow up?"

If you deploy save your pennies for investing not toys.