We also assist with tenant placement for insurance claims that we cannot fill in our own properties as well as beginning to cohost for some MTRs as well.

Umbrella Insurance: Adds protection for high-cost liability claims but doesn’t fully separate assets as LLCs do.RecommendationConsider one LLC per city for balanced liability protection and simpler management, paired with umbrella insurance for added coverage.

Do you have any experience with construction of a STVR as it relates to claiming material participation while acting as co project manager?

You can also take them to small claims court but you cannot get water from a stone.

Long term investors will eventually have a large loss claim so appreciate you sharing if you can.  

Alternatively, you could skip the cameras and post signs everywhere (and in your marketing) and just claim you have cameras.

The contract I could find says the following:```...together with the right of ingress and egress at all times for the purpose of mining, drilling and exploring said land for oil, gas and other minerals, and removing the same therefrom.And said above described land being now under an oil and gas lease originally executed in favor of [Oil Company], Chicago and now held by [Oil Company] it is understood and agreed that this sale is made subject to said lease, but covers and includes of all the oil royalty and gas rental or royalty due and to be paid under the terms of said lease.It is agreed and understood that of the money rentals which may be paid to extend the term within which a well may be begun under the term of said lease is to be paid to the said [purchaser], and in the event that the said above described lease for any reason becomes cancelled or forfeited, then and in that event, the lease interest and all future rental on said land, for oil, gas and mineral privileges shall be owned jointly by [owner] and wife and [purchaser] each owning & interest in all oil, gas and other mineral in and upon said land, together with interest in all future rente.This sale is made for and in consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars, cash in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.To have and to hold the above described property, together with all and singular the rights and appurtenances thereto in anywise belonging unto the said [owner] heirs and assigns forever, and we do hereby bind ourselves, heirs, executors and administrator to warrant and forever defend all and singular the said property unto the said [purchaser] heir and assignee against every person whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof

But if you can't claim loss (as you might not qualify) under that, you can carry it forward and deduct it in the future against your rental income.To deduct expenses, there is no requirement to create LLC and all.

Your zoning should be ok, but you want to do everything by the book (which can be costly) to percent future insurance claims or injury claims in an unpermitted basement living space. 

However what was most unusual about Bokuden was that later in life he developed the philosophy that there was more merit in avoiding conflict than there was in being victorious in a fight.