smile you're on camera"    You can also go an Amazon and buy a "Surveillance Camera that looks real" and mount it over the doorway.....potential thieves see a "camera" and the last thing they want to do is be seen starring carefully at it trying to figure out if it's "on or even real".

At the same time I feel like security cameras and smart locks you control with a smart phone would take care of most of those worries.You could even try using FaceTime with the applicant for an initial phone interview then ask them to text you a picture of their drivers license in case you or the police need to track them down later.

Non MLS-Looking for a quick close.All brick construction, 38' lot, 3 car new garage, new deck, full basement, wine cellar, new windows, new doors, fresh tuckpointing, plumbing, electrical, cameras, low voltage controls and speakers.

Opens camera at --> Stays open until I take 10 pic--> combine 10 pics and format into a grid --> convert to PDF --> text or email --> delete picks from camera.

Live in nanny, live in care taker, etc.

I have a property that I will soon rent out. it is a challenged neighborhood and I would like to install 2 cameras. 1 on top of front door and 1 on top of back door.

I appealed since the cameras don’t clearly show much tenant or I cannot recognize.

News story with camera footage of the disaster at their last house:http://www.ksfy.com/content/news/Sioux-Falls-rental-property-destroyed-411830335.htmlThey are so bad they have their own website where landlords can share their stories:http://thezimmerexperience.weebly.com/#/In some ways I feel lucky that I dodged a bullet, but in business luck only comes to the prepared.

If you have access to a thermal camera you may be able to see from the inside where cold spots are and figure out a way to combat them.Windows are a big area of heat loss too, if they are old that might be the biggest problem.

Make sure you run your number to confirm the property can carry the debt service costs.Once a month is more than enough to be on site, make sure the management company doesn't let things go and that can be a nice trip to take with your dad to go see the property (unless you were involved all these years, you'll need his experience to identify things that might need attention and are not taken care of).On top of the on-site visit, schedule a weekly meeting (can be a web session like Zoom or GoToMeeting) with the PM to go over the property status and the finances.Lastly, I'd install security cameras on the properties so you can check in remotely at random times and see what's going on at the property.Once again, this is just what I would do and as I said in my previous post, I'd start all that with a meeting with an estate lawyer and a CPA.