The majority of students are put through the same brainwashing techniques in order to create a complacent labor force working in the interests of large corporations and secretive government, and worst of all, they are completely unaware of it.

The power of your local REIA and or Investor meetup groups is their NETWORK.  

We used a battery powered sawzall type tool to cut out our one piece tub and there was no sheetrock behind it.

Incidental to this, I like the technique of controlling a property by buying the second at a discount when the margins allow for it and as an investor I look for situations like this.

How much does your power/electricity cost you each month?

Don't underestimate the power of curb appeal.

However, power tends to corrupt.

I guess these techniques are secrets.

In my opinion, it would be smarter to use the leverage on the front end, to maximize your purchasing power.  

Blink/Arlo are more 'plug and play' - you just have to worry about the batteries running out (unless you can connect them to a nearby power source).