Then there are those anti-discrimination property rental laws to worry about, also.

Crossbowman:"That type, they make enough income and are willing to spend for a reasonably decent house - which is what makes them scary, they show up as Joe Everyman's next door neighbor - but they don't fork out for McMansions. "

Stop, stop! You are about to make me paranoid about my hispanic neighbors and also that heavy foot traffic out on the road.

Anyway, I don't think you are answering my concerns about how easily someone's lifetime earnings, buried in a home, can be jeopardised, permanently buried by forfeiture by a mere flaky organic-chemistry savvy enterprising renter.

Are you suggesting that home forefeitures aren't really statistically or socially significant? I even see a few mysteriously unoccupiied and neglected houses hereabouts. Did they sell out to a big box marketer chain, or is it the sinister drug enforcement laws, in some cases?