Folks are not always transparent about such financial incentives either, so be sure to dig a bit and develop a good BS meter.

I spent almost $5K to have a plumbing company dig a hole in my yard and put a $6 boot on a cracked sewer line.

Put in as tall of a chain link fence as your locality allows.If your local government allows it, run a strip of barbed wire at the top.Set the posts in concrete.Use a metal pipe at the bottom and the top of the fence.Use "Bad Neighborhood prickly top type and let it stick up over the fence.If they dig a hole under it, fill it with fresh cow manure fertilizer.Post no trespassing signs wired to the fence.If they cut it, fix it.Good Luck!

However if you find that you're purchasing at a cap rate very different from market, time to dig a little deeper.

I bought a lot of reos and i hardly ever got the keys.With that said, i would dig a little deeper in that previous purchase.

I assume there's no state law against it in NC (seems to be a fairly lenient state in terms of personal liberties and, for that matter, landlording laws) but I guess I'll have to dig a bit deeper to be sure.Thanks again!

Dig a little more in to risk analysis.Great poll, thanks.

Actually had a tenant in a low income property just dig a big hole in the ground for a fire pit.

Just dont dig a hole with the scrapper. 

Sounds like you need to dig a little deeper.