The purpose of this post was not to bash any aspect of the industry but rather to help me as I figure out if my discouragement lately is out of temporary discomfort with a new field or if this niche is just NOT for me.

You also risk someone making a copy and coming back for criminal purposes.3.

@Jay Helms my main goal is to buy and hold small multi-family / SFR investment properties for the purpose of long term cash flow with the intention of 1031 exchanging these properties (or selling them) later on to upgrade to larger apartment complexes.

then they would be able to control the thermostat too that would defeat the purpose of putting a smart thermostat for me. 

White Pages Honestly, I haven't used it for the purpose you mention... but it's free so it may be worth a shot

Originally posted by Account Closed:@Brent Bialik how are you buying the house and for what purpose?

In my case, for tax purposes, it's disregarded entity, because I'm solely own it.

The purpose of hiring an unrelated party like an attorney or a CPA is to hide your identity. 

Remember the purpose of screening is to find any and all reasons to reject applicants.

Sorry for hijacking this thread, but my wife and I are hoping to also build a shipping container home in the LA area, but unlike OP our goal is to build a perm home and in the future add in an ADU as a rental unit (or start off with a single 40ft container as a live-in while building out a longer term larger property out of many containers).Was purposefully vague about where we want to buy our land.