You should respect your tenants basic privacy rights and unannounced random visits violate what is considered kosher in most locales.

I've however reached barriers such as Ontario privacy laws so there' no leads to buy and the GTA market is not cash flow positive friendly and so its a harder market to get started in.

@Theresa Harris I do have plans to build a privacy fence and a carport/garage.

The best way to accomplish your goals of privacy and asset protection, while avoiding paying transfer taxes and/or having the loan accelerated by the lender, is to purchase in a land trust and then assign the beneficial interest to your LLC.Find a local attorney in MD that is familiar with land trusts used in conjunction with an LLC.Hope this points you in right direction.

Short of having sensors, high speed wifi, and video surveillance that would invade your tenants privacy nothing replaces the human touch. 

In my case, at the end of their lease when I wanted to show the property to prospective long term tenants, the tenant gave me all kinds of grief about 'invading her privacy' and 'disrupting her life' even though I told her at the beginning of the lease that this was our procedure and I made every attempt to 1) give 48 hr lead times, when typically I would only give 24, and 2) blocked/scheduled showings for 1 day per week and 1 weekend day away from dinner time/church times, etc. maybe this was just the person I was dealing with though...- vet the tenant exactly as you would for a normal tenant.

I’ve taken the courtesy to redact any names, phone numbers and photos of the team members in order to protect their privacy unlike Anton did here when he posted a screenshot with sensitive information of mine.I hope this helps shed some light on my honest experience with REI Call Center.

Almost all of the useable outdoor space is between the front of the house and the street, so I want (actually need) to create privacy in the front yard from the street. 

This may or may not be something you're interested in but I prefer it for my own privacy.

-The goal is privacy, also to be ready for future growth, and also for our kids to receive these in case of us passing.Personal current status/goal:First rental started March 2022, was our previous primary residence.