How you will measure success is also a vital part of navigating this industry.  

City proper has been on 5 year bear market completely unrelated to anything political, the suburbs have been adding inventory since the summer but are still very low but any measure and have actually gotten tighter the last few month, while I am open to the idea these cuts could eventually have some effect on the market, about 20% of the dc area is federal employees, let’s say the federal government cut the work force 25% which would be huge, that’s 5% of the population, but a good number of those people are either two income households where one person works in the private and/or the person being laid can go get a similar job in the provide sector l, the percentage of households who would be forced to sell thier house over this is likely in very low single digits.

Some "go with their gut" which is a bad way to measure someone's financial responsibility.

I doubt they have any security measures against brute-force attacks on your account password. 

What are indicators or measuring tools?

One of my personal measures of a good hotel is if someone with a managerial title is taking the time to reply to every review, positive or negative.

The predicate for extreme asset protection measures comes from state law.

I have been extremely impressed with his teachings have found myself measuring other training courses and products against him.So far the only strike that I have against him is that I don't agree on his politics. 

Yes, agree with the above:--good communication with your insurance company--liability insurance-- fencing, signage and safety measures in place

I do measure my cash on cash return for my business and for each property.