While I'm on the topic, do you guys add provisions for things like playground equipment like swings or on-ground tree-houses?

Sounds like you will be better equipped for the next one

There are social service agencies that are far more equipped than we to handle the situations of homeless families. 

I'm really at the basics level with questions like:  What costs for tools, equipment, supplies should be treated as business expenses and what should be included in adjusted basis? 

Buying commercial property can be depreciated using MACRS instead of straight line, meaning you can depreciate a large chunk of the property right away.Think things like solar energy equipment can be depreciated by MACRS as well.Not an expert on this though, would recommend verifying everything with a CPA.

She then went on to explain what systems need to have a value assigned to them: -HVAC systems ( motors, compressors, boilers, furnace, chillers, pipes, ducts, radiators) -Plumbing systems (including pipes, drains, valves, sinks, bathtubs, toilets, water and sanitary sewer collection equipment, and site utility equipment used to distribute water and waste to and from the property line and between buildings and other permanent structures)-Electrical systems (including wiring, outlets, junction boxes, lighting fixtures and associated connectors, and site utility equipment used to distribute electricity from the property line to and between buildings and other permanent structures)-Gas distribution systems (including associated pipes and equipment used to distribute gas to and from the property line and between buildings or permanent structures)...

You might try a hunter's camera:http://www.trailcampro.com/howtocatchathief.aspxAnother mechanism I like is a Tagg dog tracker (GPS devices) in the desirable equipment, like appliances, so you can track your fridge long after it has left the house.  

A partitioned note is very handy for a Sub-To, in purchase money/construction funding, in estate planning providing for more than one beneficiary, in partnership arrangements, financing more than one asset (such as real property with inventory or equipment) and blanket mortgages secured by more than one property.

I will answer a question a day and talk for about 3 to 4 minutes in the video.This website just finished today so for videos I am just getting my equipment.

If you want to still invest, just make sure you're never needing to sell and appropriately equipped cash wise.