Drug dealing? 

It helps alleviate the anger of the seller over time, after it doesn't sell.

She broke up with him 3 months ago and has been paying for the rent and utilities by herself because he's now bipolar, lost his job and probably on drugs she says.

All can be alleviated, at least somewhat by having a nice cushion in.

Ps: Also look into hiring a property manager so you can alleviate that headache and focus on that next investment.

There were drugs in the house, so it is hard to believe she is not involved in that.

At the same time, there is still an opioid epidemic and covid/lockdowns has done a ton of damage to mental health (more drug use which leads to more homelessness).

When it came to paying first months rent these tenants drug their feet until the 9th of the month saying they had issues with their bank linking to apartments.com.

Odds are good if they ended up in a recovery program because a drug or alcohol problem was serious.

Further research revealed that 3 properties on the same block as the second property were under an abatement ordered by the police and city attorney, due to many tenants being involved in drug sales and gangs.