if you have to ask ,yes YOU will prob get robbed
If one approaches this industry with the idea of "not IF...but WHEN", then constant awareness will go far. Be aware of who you do biz with....be aware of the "exits"...be aware that not everyone is "honest" or "will do the right thing"...beware of the fool that asks too many questions...beware of the person that "all of a sudden becomes your best friend"...just beware.
One wears MANY hats, as a sole proprietor. Too numerous to list here. The amount of varying tasks endless. Whatever One thinks awaits, workwise, DOUBLE it.
Shit, I will be getting up to the country soon, but for the last year, after a decade+ on 2 acres + in NorCal - Now, in the Metro Area - Another Med State - there's two houses, just a driveway away, and I manage to keep it down-low. Major balancing act. Being a good neighbor, yet keeping 'em ALL at arms length, so no one feel's it's OK to visit whenever they want. Phone calls first, or no answer door.
It takes years of experience and study. read the old-skool growers. Security practices are VERY important. No one gets to know. Very few people even know where I live. It takes a special person to put it all together. I am so careful it's absurd sometimes. But, by doing my protocols, I do not have to worry. After 12 years, I am still just as careful, but confident that if I continue such due diligence, I will 99% be OK. The horror stories in Mendo were amazing. Some were Urban Rural legends, some NOT>. Now, in da Mitten, Metro for now, gotta watch your culo even more. So many weapons, so many Bruthas. But, people are a bit more clueless than the Em Tri, to say the least. A good thing.
hmmm....Got robbed for a pizza once. SF Sunset district. 4 youths. Took a punch, dealt a punch. Saw a gang running towards me, with one gunman. I Threw the pizza face first on the ground, and said Fuck you. Ran around the block taking the roundabout way home.. What do ya think da Bruthas will do for a p..?