I did not want to hijack his post so decided to start a follow up discussion on placement of these safety features.Side note- Water alarms:  How many of you have water alarms?  

Not sure what signing a lease has anything to do with this unless they require a copy of the lease like the alarm company does.

It adds another layer to stop a potential thief, and in some C-/D areas, we've noticed people would literately just walk through the yard, no respect for anything.. this stopped with a fence. 

System must be registered, too many false alarms result in a fee.  

Calpers has to get at least a 7% return in the stock market just to be able to make due on their promises.FYI: Robert Kiyosaki is sounding the alarm regarding the PensionsCorporate buy backs of their own shares (when they were bailed out from the last crash, instead of putting that money into manufacturing, they bought their own company shares to increase the value.

If a wholesaler makes the same money after sending out thousands of direct mail pieces and making hundreds of phone calls and knocking on dozens of doors he's a thief.

Or perhaps its another thief stealing from the first thief?

The inspector recommended that a licensed carpenter fully evaluate and correct or replace the defective windowpanes or windows as necessary.Fire alarm system is required by law for multifamily properties, so we need to ensure that it is functional.Thank you!

The expense ratio is the amount of money the fund takes from you each year as payment to run the fund.The expense ratio of the funds I had were .5%-1% of the fund assets, some charge more.What I found alarming is the fact that investors pay a capital gains tax today at 15%, and a 401(k) is taxed as ordinary income. 

That deal you linked to was quite complex and, even as a novice real estate investor, my risk management alarms would have been blaring very early on in that process.Of course there are benefits to being licensed.