If has applicants have more than 3 convictions for anything other than traffic violations, it is an indication that they cannot obey rules.Ask for landlords references.

More than 34% of San Francisco residents are considering moving out:http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Cost-of-living-traffic-have-a-third-of-Bay-Area-7386717.phpFor every 1 home buyer entering the state, there are 3 Californians selling and moving elsewhere:http://fox5sandiego.com/2016/11/07/why-a-lot-of-people-are-moving-out-of-california/San Jose's "move-away rate," which is the current share of households living in the city compared with the share leaving the city, is a whopping 77.2 percent, meaning San Jose middle-class households are 77 percent more likely to move out of the city than to move in:http://www.newsweek.com/bay-areas-middle-class-being-squeezed-out-droves-report-454178Yes, most of these people are in the middle class.

Traffic/drive distance seems to be a huge factor in tenant preference for the area.

Try not to let impatience push you into worse decision-making.

One thing that everyone complains about in our area though is our tunnel traffic.

Median income,population levels, traffic counts,school ratings,etc.?

(assuming this is a rental, some of the higher-grade commercial finishes would work better in high traffic areas and might keep you from having to screen and recoat as often as you would).  

(Like using the fact that your car insurer will raise your rate $1500 to get out of the court reporting you little $150 traffic ticket -- yes that's from experience!

It will slow down traffic a bit and make the road less blighting.

This is eviction court about as vanilla as traffic court as long as you have done your steps properly.