I suppose Google street view could make one less sensitive to neighborhood conditions, but I think any local would probably consider anything around Coit Road to be deep ghetto.

You can buy, sell, hire contractors, hire managers, but you cannot DO anything yourself.I used Safeguard Advisors to set up my accounts.

I'm looking at a company called Safeguard Advisors who deal in self directed ira's and other investment.

Unless you've gone through the process of closing deals, they aren't good to start with because they are time sensitive and when you make a mistake, especially if you do assignments, you could get in trouble.

Adjustable sensitivity to motion.

I think that would further complicate an already sensitive situation.

I want to combine sensitivity with urgency, without being accusatory toward the homeowner.  

There is a rehabber here that bought a house with about 60K worth of retaining wall that was unpermitted, he thought he could permit it no problem then found out because it was a biologically sensitive area he couldn't permit and also was going to have to spend about 75K to remove the walls and re-establish the habitat to the pre-wall condition .

@Jay HinrichsI agree with you related to the general class of sub to sellers and that many of them wouldn't quite understand about the insurance but, in general, I told all of them that we had safeguards in place to make sure their notes were paid in a timely fashion and that if their credit scores were being hurt because of their payment history prior to the sale that it was likely that their credit scores would rise after the sale (all else being equal). 

Our last 3 deals actually would have been snatched up on the market for over $1M what we paid so managing those relationships is key.Can't speak too much to self-storage though I believe there is a higher price sensitivity with newer inventory so you really need to know your market and make sure that no one can come in and build something nicer a few miles away.All the best!