high crime drugs and predominatly rentals.. no hope of selling to owner occupied folks... as they don't want to live there either... in our area there are NO true D areas all neighborhoods are filled with owner occs unlike much of the middle part of the country or the big eastern rust belt cities.

A shipping container home if properly anchored easily alleviates the problem (provided proper windows are used) of wind resistance.

That can be alleviated obviously with say a whole commercial building with multiple suites, much the same with a multi family home spreads that risk out over a number of units.

The neighboring house is a Columbian drug cartel safe house16.

Despite some efforts to alleviate congestion, and to improve public transit, there is no denying that driving or public transit are perfect options, and as such, many people who work in the City are choosing to live in the City, and even in the Downtown Core. 7 – Calgary is down; Toronto is up Toronto has traditionally been the economic centre of Canada, but was usurped for a number of years by Calgary.

Bottom line:  If you are looking at houses in a neighborhood and you think you would be more comfortable if you had a gun, don't buy there.The other MAJOR issue with bad neighborhoods is drugs.  

I am yet to be a landlord, but maybe structuring his payments with a different pay date to alleviate your headache.

By the way, HUD does concede that we can automatically deny housing to people with convictions for drug manufacture or distribution, but not for simple possession.

Having drug out for almost a year and ready to be done, we accepted.

First and foremost I will also let you know, that I am a licensed attorney in Florida and have designed my program to alleviate some of your "concerns".