Even if you have to pay a bit for it, having the defense of "I cleared it with my lawyer, I did my due diligence" could prove very important down the road.But in my non-professional non-legal opinion, having cameras to monitor common-areas seems pretty above-board to me. 

He couldn't afford a decent defense so he finally packed up and left.

If you aren't comfortable talking to contractors, find a buddy that will join with you in that conversation - but be part of the discussion yourself.IMHO, $20,000 for the job as described would be great - if the contractor was quoting a price to the Department of Defense :)Note that if the sanitary sewer is on the other side of the street (and your sanitary lead is broken under the street), that's a different conversation.Best of luck!

If you're hoping by using a warranty deed if there's a defect the LLC will be able to use the threat of a breach action against you as the Grantor to get your title company to assume responsibility remember title company's are not in the business of providing coverage for uninsureds so they'll look for any defense they can find. 

IIn most states as long as the tenant is 1% liable for the claim his insurance will take care of the defense costs and pay claims up to his limit. 

This happens almost every time when a Party uses education, defense or any other program as a hostage.

There's a ton of high-paying aerospace and defense workers.

In a few months there will be a clearer picture about how governments expect to balance their budgets and who is going to pay for all the subsidies, checks, and money printed by central banks to try to weather the COVID storm.My personal feeling, based on what happened in 2008 - 2013 is that real estate prices are going to drop.When people start experiencing financial strain they will cut down spending and take a defensive stance, and that's going to kill the economy.

From your profile it says you want to invest and develop transportation, energy and defense systems.

To defuse the defensiveness that question unintentionally can evoke I often expand on that: "Why is it done that way?