I worked for a company that managed about 200 apartments in urban areas and have dealt with evictions, bad tenants, police raids, sewage backups personally (fun stories), but I've never owned myself so I'm trying to be thoughtful about tiptoeing in. 

Put the money spent tearing these homes down into more police or increased safety measures.

But for example, if that person has no children and was never married, then siblings and their descendents would be in line.If they had no siblings, then it would go up the line to parents and their siblings and descendents.Typically, if someone dies without will or known relatives, the probate is handled by the public administrator, who would sell the decedent's assets and find a relative or hold the funds in escrow until it escheats.

Or if someone broke into your home and was keeping you OUT at gunpoint, you'd go to the police (again, the government) for help...

Disqualified parties include you, your spouse, either of your ancestors or descendants, any entity controlled by any of those people, and certain people with a fiduciary responsibility for your IRA.

We always felt safe and only saw several police cars in nearly 2 weeks in those countries.

Great neighbors, quick police response if necessary, so security was good, traffic problem is short, and kids are usually out of the area in 30 minutes when school is out.

Another thing I do before I consider any property is I call the local police department and ask to speak with someone who can tell me about the local area.

It is just like a police officer, teacher are firefighter, you can't do it for the money.financially speaking, my benefits at age 40, will roughly equal to $48,000 a year for the rest of my life.

A heavily armed gunman shot up 2 armed forces recruiting centers resulting in the deaths of 4 Marines and the injury of one police officer.I'd like to thank the members of the US military and Chattanooga police department for protecting us which allows us to live in this great country and have the opportunity to pursue our passion of real estate investing.