So yes, in the communities where lead paint is most prevalent, rental costs will increase and the people that they are trying to protect will be harmed. 

Seems to me most get burned out after losing their hard-earned money, but some actually learn from their mistakes and learn the real numbers themselves (I fall under this category).Unfortunately this situation seems to be fairly prevalent because of the lack of real deals on the MLS. 

In this case "R" stands for rural, as some of these zip codes include quite a lot of open desert-scape.Generally speaking: anything in the city proper (River Rd -> Golf Links | Oracle -> Wilmot) is going to have a higher prevalence of rental properties than the periphery, although Sierra Vista is a respectable 8th place with nearly 100 of their own rental property options. 

One just recently had unpaid municipal liens for water, sewer and trash.One thing that is prevalent on the Sheriff Sales is that the mortgage has been assigned and re-assigned sometimes multiple times.

It is becoming prevalent for opening bids to be lower than the total owed.

He gets picked up 2-3 times a week to do community work to stay qualified & yet continues to work nights off the books.This form of 'underground' subsistence is more prevalent than we realize & I am convinced there is a 'play book' out there somewhere that these 'parasites' subscribe to.

Your heat costs will be a lot higher, especially in the older buildings that tend to be prevalent in Riverwest.  

@Tanya RotellaThat style of walk-up three flat is also prevalent in the Maritimes (a little to your North East ;-) ).  

If another recession does hit, it would not be as bad as the one in 08, because those NINJA loans are not as prevalent, the banks require way more proof of income and higher down payments.  

I believe this ability and addiction to learning how things work is why engineers are so prevalent in the investing world.