At one point my SO and I were saving about 60% of our income, mainly through auto-investment in Betterment on a weekly basis.I've decided that since I now have more time on my hands I want to withdraw a portion of my Betterment investment and use it for my first rental property.

@Matt HolmerWe use the commercial grade concrete paint that you would see in auto-repair garages, warehouses, etc.  

.- If all else fails or if the auto is high value, I'd pay the $150 to have it towed to the end of the driveway and backcharge the tenant.

Most just want to setup a search criteria -- that any buyer can do themselves -- for bed/bath/size/price/zip and auto FW results).So unless by "San Diego" you count BFE burbs to the east or north, it's pretty bleak here for that type of thing. 

But, setting up auto-debiting from one of your accounts is. 

Automatic deposit of rent payments followed by auto draft mortgage payments with text alerts to my phone.

They currently drop the rent checks in a drop box.Any idea of how to switch this to an automatic payment instead, even though it is not mentioned in the leases.Any Suggestion of the best services/websites (as a 3rd party) that provide this auto payment Thanks.

I have excellent credit, almost no debt right now, no auto loans, five different $20+ thousand credit cards, an $86 thousand heloc on a free and clear rental with no balance, and a salary of $80 thousand/yr. 

I noticed the crime in that particular area is related to auto vandalism/theft, therefore I'm thinking perhaps running electricity to the detached garage to have an electric garage door and motion detector flood lights might add to the appeal as a renter for safety (I'm a woman and during college we had peeping toms and weirdo loitering around garages/parking.)

We have discussed charging a higher SD for criminal issues and only auto rejecting for evictions less than 5 years old.