Vandals stealing from a vacant prop; call the Police.

He even called the police on this nice, quiet family.

If your hitting the streets,I would talk to the Postman(woman), police who patrol the area and chat about the area in general.

I know a Gary police officer.

There is no 2% rule police who will swoop down and slap your hand if you don't use that metric.It is a predictor across large numbers of strength of the investment.It isn't all that useful on any given property.

Like putting a sign in the window at a bar saying "Come in and wipe down our strippers" and when you get in there you find it's a bunch of guys building and polishing wood stripped kayaks and canoes!

So you can visit the basement, watch tv in the basement, knit afghans in the basement - but based upon the egress requirements you defined, it cannot legally be used as a sleeping area.So, if you do as you propose, and the housing police show up, you can try to sell them a story that you are not actually using the basement as a bedroom, and you really sleep on the couch upstairs, and you only visit the basement to assemble puzzles and play solitaire.

not sure if they publish that list anywhere-police log maybe.

Even the best neighborhoods have police activity.

Does a police officer stop everyone and issue a ticket to those who speed?