When I have vacancy, the HVAC and copper do not get stolen.

Parents (like me) will book without that stuff, so I don't believe it'll make substantial upticks in bookings but a bonus for these types of guests.I'd be more worried about the highchair breaking and a kid getting hurt than it getting stolen. 

I would skip RE entirely and put everything in bitcoin.

No one has said anything yet, but I bet that credit card was stolen too. 

I have had 3 properties broken into while vacant - AC unit and appliances stolen -- all in Indianapolis, 2 B neighborhoods and a C neighborhood. 

You can do it, you need a good cleaner you trust, a maintenance person (luckily, our cleaner partners with one) and then some emergency numbers "just in case" (i did have to call a 24-hour plumber 1 time so far). and then i come down every few months or so to check on the place. thats also how we found out at some point guests have stolen - spices, laundry pods (my fault for leaving out too many), games that we left for people to play, wine key.

Very high turnover, tenants wont pay, when the tenant moves out and the house is vacant you will get your furnace/Water heater stolen.

It’s the principle of the matter of potentially being stolen from.

We are worried about those smaller detail pieces being stolen, so not sure how crazy to go…

There is a police report about a tenant of the building getting mugged last Fall - the person was mugged and a Crown Royal bag of change was stolen.