San Francisco just passed law that anyone receive City assistance must take a drug test and the cops can now go after the smash and grab thieves.

We finally found one who we are overworking and need another.....after a string of thieves.  

Every month it sits there vacant there is the possibility of squatters, thieves and other issues.  

Back when copper thieves were out stealing wire, plumbing and looting HVAC units they'd typically hit empty units. 

But before they get it rented again, the copper thieves get there and rip and strip all plumbing, all wiring, destroy the AC condenser unit and all in all cause $10,000 in damage, which the owner needs to pay to get the house re rented and they often pay someone to put the house back together again to go into a quick placement of a new tenant and get back into scenario #1 or #2 again.Along about the time the other $15,000 in reserves run out, they decide they have to sell, but the house that they paid $15,000 for has all the damage to if from the first or second break in and is no only worth about $6,000 . . . so as one of the first reply's said . . .as a new investor going into an out of state market with $15,000 to buy a house  . . . at least in Kansas City . . . save yourself the heartache and head ache and set your money on fire.Or save it and do something else . . . . 

If you're worried about thieves who target unoccupied properties, get a cheap wireless alarm that can be moved later i.e.

These homes then became the targets of thieves and vandals lowering values to a fraction of their original worth.If homeowners have substantial equity in their homes they are not likely to default in a small downturn, at least not until the market falls below their equity.

We could not keep the thieves and scammers out! 

Had a ring of thieves break into a house and use it to store the stolen property. 

What I found was that the thieves cam in through a window and out the door.