My husband and I have worked our asses off for the little bit of a nest egg we have and now I feel like every time I have a vacancy I run the risk of someone destroying my property, or getting sued by that one person that works the system.  

Destroy and aim the cross hairs higher and higher.BTW, competition doesn't matter.

Takes 3-4   months to evict and they destroy the apartment in the meantime.

@Ralph Poirier do you find student rentals are destroyed more than rentals to working individuals?

They can let the house go into foreclosure and destroy their credit.Or, option 5: They can sell to me for what they owe.

Trusting someone who’s under qualified or has malicious intent can stall—or even destroy—your business.While that’s scary, it’s no reason to bury your head in the sand and stay a solopreneur forever.The smart thing to do?

I am more looking at it as that most of the others have been torn down or destroyed (hurricanes, structural damage, etc.) and these are the ones that happen to be left.  

That's got potential to help investors long term.Chicago Renters Can't Afford Rahm's Property Tax Hike, Landlords SayBrian - I think a concern those of us owning in gentrified areas should have is that if this tax hike destroys property values in non-gentrified areas, then City revenue collections will fall in those non-gentrified areas (think pockets of Chicago like Detroit). 

The credit check will also let you see if someone owes money to previous landlords and such, which could indicate that the destroyed the place.

Annihilate all competition not by destroying them, but by completely outdoing and out performing them.GET A WEBSITE!