I suppose if someone's felony was some kind of drug use thing 30 years ago and was a one time thing I might consider it.

is there a drug problem in any of those areas ?

Hopefully, you can find data to show it won't all be drug users, crazy parties and sex workers.

But I always think "drug dealer who's trying to hide something" when I get this offer. 

A person who has only a claim of cash income, looks like a drug addict but has a decent credit score because of not very much previous credit is rejected.

Have you tried calling the AC manufacturer, confirming it’s under warranty and asking them for a list of recommended dealers?    

Flip income ("Real Estate Dealer") is classified as ordinary income and as a result not eligible for the Section 121 Exclusion.

This regulation only ask about another 6 months  Holding period is 18 months, as I recall. one year is to avoid dealer tax regulation, add another 6 months, yeah so total 18 months anyway , this doesn't change much expect folks would do less agressive buying.also for me in this market it doesn't make sense to immediately sell but better wait for 14 months at least.

There are four apartments on the upper floors.The neighborhood is 10 years into the early-artist phase and shows signs of other development activity happening, but is still has a lot of drug and prostitution activity.

Why don't we talk about paid informers that peddle drugs and kill on orders, while "cooperating" with prosecutors and making false testimonies to imprison innocent individuals?