If you want another set of eyes, there's a company wegolook.com where they will send someone to take pictures of a property.

He helps out with the trash and keeps an eye out, so I was cool with leaving him alone while I concentrated on the other units.It was okay till I finished renovating a couple of the other units and created storage and laundry in the basement, where their studio apt is.

Account Closed My eyes were opened after reading the Creature From Jekyll Island. 

Colombia is already checked and I have my eye on Haiti for my next one. 

How do I protect myself for properties that I have mortgages under my name? 

You should get a better rehab estimate from contractors rather than eye-balliing it.

We are doing them monthly so keep an eye out for future events.

However, that shouldn't be a problem since he has several to split up in the lenders eyes.

It's in CA, prop 13 protected, and I will never live at the property.  

Upon any complaint of a violation of this section, the Consumer Protection Unit of the Attorney General's office shall investigate the same, shall interview tenants of the landlord and shall, under appropriate search warrant, have the right to investigate all records of the landlord pertaining to applications made within the preceding 6 months.