You probably will have the same odds of success. 

Still figuring out the odds and ends.  

do they work odd hours like in a bar or restaurant? 

Is this just an odd wording or what?

Once in a while I get lucky and pick something up that is perfect, or near so, because of an odd-ball situation.

However, if you adopt the practice I have described herein, you 1) reduce the odds because you remove any grounds they may have, (deadbeats know the system, believe me) and 2) if you do end up in court, you have a paper trail that demonstrates you complied with the lease, addressed any concern they had in a timely fashion to the extent the lease obligated you, and that they were fully satisfied with everything you did.  

@Brandon Turner, It's odd that I'm the only one.

This is an odd market as rents often do not increase much in nicer areas and some relatively bad areas can get very good section 8 rents.

What if his brother wasn't rich, and he went through six months of treatments and on and off hospital stays ... and lived, despite the odds? 

Seems like an odd request, but I would allow the tenant to install DSL at her expense.