Now it is boarded up, leaking roof, vandalized and stolen copper pipes.

He also made me a drawer box that I am certain was removed (stolen) from the house while it was listed on the MLS presumably by a prospective investor.Anyhoo, who did you use to fabricate your slab and how much below $20 sq ft did it cost?

IMO it would be a waste of time to make a police report or show up in small claims without proof of what was stolen.

$x,xxx = Signed a year-long contract with a deposit using my stolen fundsUpon notifying him on his error he immediately deposited the missing money.

It worked fine.This was on a house I purchased that the plumbing and water heater had been stolen prior to my pirchase.When I had my furnace guy come check out the problem, he looked at the water heater also.

We went out of town late October to a wedding in the Keys and came back to find out we had a break in and our kitchen appliances were stolen.

How can I assure myself that I am not being stolen from?

You're now out a house and the money spent to set up all the entities and buy the house.Or, you know about it, you defend yourself/the LLC, and you're in court anyway.If you've done a REALLY good job hiding your ownership (rent paid by Bitcoin or something) you won't even know about the lawsuit, and one day you maybe discover that you lost the house.So, assuming that you aren't worrying about robbery or kidnapping, what matters isn't whether someone knows you nominally own something, it's whether that person can rend it from you.

He had been evicted twice and had 3 full pages of criminal history including receiving stolen property, theft, domestic violence, etc, etc, etc.Obviously, I wouldn't accept this person as a tenant.

; all the copper can be stolen along with just about anything else (including the furnace, water heater, appliances, etc); and there could be title problems.