I do the pre-employment drug screens and that's how I find tenants.There is another guy in town that rents houses to college students that are in the lineman program. 

Just be prepared to let most of them go once you find out they lied about there skills just to get a days pay so they can  run straight to there dealer to fill there meth pipes. 

I know one used car dealer who retired and sold 2 dealership and bought MF $3M with cash 8 years ago.

Owes a bit of rent at the end, but we figured, with his corrupt cop buddies, they could be up to anything, if we sue them, they could plant drugs in place and arrest us.

I have wondered if perhaps he has a drug problem or some nasty debt that he needed to pay ASAP.

And the "depression commodities"; sex, booze/drugs. 

There are easily multiple drug houses within a one block radius of the home. 

There are a lot of broker-dealers who work in the real estate space and will do the due diligence for you and recommend several offerings.

No one is marching in the street for restaurant owners or car dealers.

Like - strong crime & drug presence in areaTo go deeper into the details, I did have a tenant in one of the two units for a few months...under market rental price (to your point...lowering the rental price did get me a tenant)...and he was great...but the drugs were so bad in that particular area that he was essentially chased out.