Has anyone had experience with pest control companies you would highly recommend in Long Beach CA area.

You are therefore in no position to judge if it is a good place to invest or not, nor are you in a position to assess or manage the risks, or control your investment there.

we will become just like Japan  Singapore and other countries that have to import labor.. but I suppose in a more controlled manner.. welcome in the out of country labor just document them and do keep the criminals out.. there is a seedy side to all this as you know.

That way, you give yourself full control over your destiny

There may be local rent control laws which add additional requirements.

It is where you control the deposit you put up; communicates your “out clauses” to protect yourself in the evident you can’t find an end buyer.

Insist on work and payment request verification independent of your partners - i.e. don't let the guys spending the money maintain strict control over who it was going to and for what it paid for, even if you have to be the independent verification service yourself. 

I figured that the fence was erected to control animals, but the party that erected the fence should have had a proper survey performed beforehand and then placed the fence appropriately.

Focus on the things you can control.

As the NOI should be growing over time (more rents, better expense controls), the value would improve.