What if he did drugs or was an alcoholic? 

She could sign the lease and then leave you with the alcoholic still living there if things get bad with him.Is your rent that high that you cannot attract other applications??

I'd like to see the community in a better light, as there are some terrible properties with major drug and alcohol problems next door and surrounding these properties; not even sure I can see a 3% appreciation. 

Something else about these countries further up the list....a lower drinking age and a much higher cultural tendency to daily moderate consumption of alcohol.

Birmingham's greatest addition in the past few years has been....alcohol!!!!  

Firearms, ammo, drugs and alcohol will be the units of trade.

Of course that doesn't include fun money for eating out, cable, alcohol, toys and the like.

You can prohibit marijuana just like you can prohibit alcohol.

I also have 15 years of government operations management experience managing multi-million dollar budgets, including real estate transaction, and currently am the Chief Financial Officer for Santa Barbara County's Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Department, where I am responsible for managing a $106 million annual budget for FY 14-15. 

Jeff Actually, the Global Cooling of the 1700s is why the US has such a tradition of grain alcohol.