Here we have homes and mobile homes being used as drug rehab centers or as they try to say communal living quarters and putting numerous "clients" in them.

When I received information that one of my tenants was a drug dealer I took the advice of a prominent defence lawyer here who had previously worked as a prosecutor.

It seems like every story I hear where someone accepted prepaid rent for a year, the tenant turns out to be involved in drugs or criminal activity.

Why on earth would I read a book that seeks to portray landlords in such a bad light, yet portrays drug addicts et al as victims?

The same would be for dealing drugs, and as someone mentioned, renting it out on AirBnB may be a risk as well.If everything checks out with the tenants and they have good guarantors, go for it.

Essentially Comcast and these other guys have adopted the same pricing structure as car dealers.  

Most tenants will simply understand bad things will happen if they break a lease and not try it in the first place.Another thing to consider is that drug dealers and prostitutes look for month to month rentals.

One of the existing tenants has informed him that he suspects the new tenant of dealing drugs.

You only have yourself to blame if your tenant doesn't do the right thing, or maintain your property well.I meant with my agent who owns a property in the high class suburbs of Atlanta, and he seems to having if not the same, but more issues with his suburban tenants with drugs, headaches and disputes, then another individual would have on section 8. 

I'd wait for them to come to me - if they ever did.And if they did, I'd say that I was really concerned about people dealing drugs on my property, or homeless people squatting there.