In Lake Forest, Baker Ranch, and RSM we're under an epidemic of porch pirate raids and 2am out of garage car door checkers. Almost to a tee, the Ring/Nest cameras are poorly placed, slow triggered and rarely if ever are lit well enough to capture faces. A self-installed system is cost efficient, but do they get the image you want? It's too bad to say this, but camera saturation at the home level is a must. Security lights also are a big deterrent, although with so many close quartered houses and intrusive HOA's can you get lighting installed?
Any reader gone through the HOA process to get a security light put up? If so, it would be a good read to know what the process was like.
My .02c