That being said, I believe it would be a great gateway drug into the realm of real estate investing.

It also was an area with lots of border activity, drug smuggling, etc.  

Tenants: the best tenants are the ones that have a long term permanent job that already have intense back ground checks, credit checks, drug screenings, and a job that will come down on them if their land lord complains.

In America, the big bucks are in selling drugs.

He was doing great and on his way until he had a couple of injuries and he struggled to deal with that adversity and ended up getting into drugs.

I grew up there and it's hard to count how many times NYC's obituary has been written. 60s, 75 bankruptcy, 80s drug wars, 9/11, 2008 crash.

Stupid - You use credit card cash advances, personal loans, sell drugs, etc to make the down payment usually for a flip type of investment or a brrrr.  

And if one states that drug distribution, manufacturing, arson type offences are not acceptable it would be easy to show that that type of activity could destroy property. 

Youd see the guy out and about, and he was just a free man running all the drugs and gambling in town.

Watch out for terrorists or drug cartels!"