Landscape stones would work, if you were in my neck of the woods I might suggest a nice decorative barrel cactus, but I don't think that would work in WV, even a small tree may be a significant enough deterrent.

Did your in laws add any other unique features?

I do have a specific unique situation though, this is a commercial property that doesn't have a tax lien but a water lien.

I felt I did very well because I had a unique advantage of having spent years doing aid work overseas in places like the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, or in Haiti, or rural parts of Indonesia.

I can get #10 business envelop with return address and unique shipping address for .08 cents each (minimum 1000, all of them are)a folded 8.5x11" black and white letter for .08 cents each4x6", two sided, black and white post card printed for .24 centsWith this system, I'm stuck stuffing and stamping the letters, and stamping the post cards. 

Denver is not unique in that our market has intense pressure on it due to lack of supply and pent up demand.

The unique piece with Deal Machine is that you can get creative in my opinion.

There aren’t enough homes that have sold in the past 6 months do comps on and none of them are as unique as this one.

Local banks and credit unions do have a place when it comes to unique situations, creative financing, or unique investor profiles, but most of the time a mainstream lender can give you the same product, or in this case a product the local lender can't (FHA). 

The rental apt. is pretty unique (3 beds, 3 baths, 2 of which are on suites) with a private rear deck in a nice residential neighborhood, so I don't think a locked door will deter tenants.