2020 Quality of Tenants. Where did the qualified applicants go?

[Frank S.]

Chicago, sub $1,000 rents. C to C- class area. Clean and rehabbed units

Are you seeing a drop in the quality of tenants drop this year in Chicago for the above-referenced market?  Where did the good and qualified tenants go?

I'm getting plenty of people with bankruptcies, collections, criminal records, shady information, "cash on hand" applicants, and a few scammers.  I'm flexible, but this year seems tougher. 

I'm starting to wonder if the good tenants decided to stay put in light of the pandemic.