[Azselendor]

About ten years ago, the house next door to me was taken over by some druggies and hobos. The place got trashed and there were little petty thefts (food, penny jars, and stuff).

The lady on the corner tried to use her leverage on the city council to force them out to no avail, but the problem solved itself eventually.

The tree behind the house was dead and lightening hit it during one storm. The tree then collapsed on to thier propane tank triggering an explosion that blew out nearly every wall in the house.

Then to top it off, the property owner tried to collect insurance on it. The insurance company somehow, magically, stupendously learned about it's prior condition to the explosion and promptly terminated the insurance policy citing that it was "Preventable". By the time the notice for that arrived, City Code Enforcement fined him 50,000 dollars and placed a lien against his holdings.

As for security, I always found broken glass sprinkled on top of my wall effective. Sometimes mixed in with the cement too.

Naturally, if they get over that, the rose bush is waiting for them.