You can cut them off then and have a surface mount railing system fabricated.  

However, she spackled some damage to the wall, where she had mounted a tv, and is painting it with the correct interior paint I still had from the renovation.  

@Timoteo Guy I would look very closely at Mount Vernon, Burlington, Blaine and Ferndale.  

If you don't go all the way up the wall with the fireplace stone you could stage it with a big clock, piece of art or TV mounted above it.

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There is no consistency in which direction the cylinders are mounted in the lock.

I had the exact opposite feeling when I was living at park newport apartments in newport beach for $2600/month after paying $200/m in Mount Pleasant MI.

I recommend a cushion of at least $5k if you are going to own rental property (I learned that the hard way when the roof mounted central heating went out and the subsequent crane rental and a new heater took a serious bite out of my budget.)

This thread mentions $350:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/41418-possible-issues-with-neighborsThis thread has a link to alternatives ( note that one uses roof mounting):http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/48239-how-to-you-secure-a-property-while-rehabbing-Here are a few (of MANY) threads that bring up theft of the AC units:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/43638-neighborhood-marketing-for-rental-prop-http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/10655-frustrating-landlord-situation-stolen-a-c-argh-http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/20755-foreclosure-cleanup-manitenancehttp://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/54352-heads-up-re-craigslist

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