Rents are hard to measure as there is no centralize location with that data.

Does this include some preventative measure to avoid those late-night maintenance requests?

They may leave for one hour a day at the most, so we aim to have the space comfortable.

Your network is the measure of your success!

Value and appreciation are strongly tied to the lease with net lease investments but there are various measures that can be taken to protect against this.

I personally use the BRRR method and aim to leave as little equity in a property as possible to maximize my returns - but it also leaves me in a little more vulnerable position if the market has a large downturn and I would have to foreclose (assuming I couldnt afford the property and couldnt get it to cash flow).Note - I just did a live-in-flip with 3.5% down.

And 36 Other Key Financial Measures by Frank Gallinelli, and The Definitive Guide to Underwriting Multifamily Acquisitions by Robert Beardsley to get started.

If it gets stolen again I'd then start to resort to legal measures.

We already put some no trespassing signs up on the property, but am considering blocking access to the driveway with some boulders to deter the common moron from squatting there as a tactical measure.

Usually people acquire properties at a more measured pace and the higher performing ones carry the weak ones until they too are carrying their weight.