Thanks Daniel, you nailed it!

nails from carpet tack strips pebbles all need to come up the floor needs to be as clean as you can get it. tip three keep a level head. fix low spots with a  floor leveling product. which you basically mix and spread out on the floor. this works when you have low spots.

-@Nicole W. nailed it. 

Yes, I am sick of thieves and I want to nail them with proof instead of chalking it up to a sunk cost.I am suspicious of a neighbor in a specific instance and would like some proof, but also would like a reliable system moving forward.I like the idea of the GPS devices, but it would be impossible to tag wiring and copper plumbing, which are the most common things stolen.

Or I have witnessed much higher negotiations between parties... some of these guys were just so brazen it was unreal.I was not mr popular If I wanted a property I bid what I would pay and disregarded the attempts to buy me off.Although there were many who showed up to the sales with NO intention of buying and just hoping for a payoff...I remember some guys in either NC or SC getting nailed by the feds about 07 or so.. 800k fine and not sure about jail.In my really early years in Oakland CA Alameda county..

I think you hit the nail on the head with respect to many things, especially justification of a "low" offer. 

This is a slippery slope for the irresponsible, but if you have #1 above nailed down you can float short term expenses on debt for a time.

Joel, you pretty much hit the nail on the head and really sum it up in your last sentence.

@Jason MoranYou hit the nail on the head.

Turns out for 3 and 4 family's, the lenders my broker works with actually require 6 months PITI, so you nailed it.Don't want to get too off topic from the forum, so if you'd like to connect feel free to PM me.