Fire and Police unions and their lofty compensation packages are ruining the city budget which prevents the city from cleaning up the streets in areas that might otherwise be interesting to develop. 

I'm active duty Air Force deployed to Afghanistan.

Also, take a listen to my Bigger Pockets Podcast on MHP investing that just aired today.  

Is this a "plucked from air" statistic?

A successful real estate agent usually has many balls in the air at the same time. 

Relationship over.In the case of anything that prevents them from paying the rent, there is always a reason of course and that should be discussed even if a landlord is not fond of a particular tenant.

As mentioned above those who are holding large inventory plus the hedge funds are slowly releasing their inventory in a controlled manner to maximize gains  to prevent a price collapse As interest rates rise prices will come down but it is a more normalized market then 2007-08

Your friend will definitely want to try to prevent further damage from happening immediately.

I know its a C area but I was told its not as bad as many other C areas and the numbers seem to make up for it.Built in 1958 property has upgrades for the roof and furnace, is 5,009 sq feet with central air and forced air heating. 

I would run away with my arms in the air and screaming NNNnnnooo