Norm, I think you need to post it.  Forward it to the local police and neighborhood association, if there is one, and ask them to respond with potential solutions.  Ask other residents to suggest solutions, as well.  Maybe a neighborhood watch program?  More foot patrols?  In other words:  OK, we have a problem!  How do we solve it?  You could be the catalyst that inspires a neighborhood.  

I think this may be an opportunity for you and a call to action for the neighborhood!

Who says one person can't make a difference?  Take the leap!

I agree with Cathy, good grief something needs to be done and this is one of your core areas, except I don't see how posting it would do anything but have a negative effect.

Get some kind of a neighborhood watch program going there, at the very least, sit on a roof and lob water baloons. Just kidding on the water baloons, but it does sound fun.

Hi Norm,  I had a dealer living around the corner from one of my rental properties.  There was a retired soldier between our place and the dealer.  Any way my neighbor James called the police everytime there was more than two cars parked at the house.  Two weeks later the house was vacant.

Pass it on to the newspaper and the police.  

Klaus - that's great!  Home owners and renters should take responsibility for their neighborhoods.  It doesn't take money, it just takes courage and commitment.  Anyone can lament and complain about conditions, ills, whatever - a winner is one who takes action to change it.

You asked for an honest response?  No, I wouldn't post it.  1. You don't know how true it is. 2. You have a responsibility to the customers who's homes you are trying to sell.  3. Crime stats are readily available in the general sense online.  4. Perhaps the 'perp' is already out of there.  

It's not going to help you sell homes which I thought was the whole idea.  If you wanted to put a blurb in your own words about how certain areas in general might benefit from a neighborhood watch and who would like to volunteer and learn from you how to start one, fine.

Other than that?  My vote is no.  

Doesn't matter whether it's true or not (which is easy enough to determine)....Perception is Reality. The nature of the neighborhood is probably no secret and "editing" or excluding the post only makes Norm appear as though he's just trying to sell property and not really interested in the 'hood.  Excluding it will get "around" real fast.  This is an oppportunity to have a positive impact.

Cyd has a good point in that our job is to sell homes.  But don't we have another responsibility to our community?  If the opportunity arises to serve both, why not?

Of course it matters if it's true or not, lol. But Norm starting the idea of a neighborhood watch or something similar and offering to assist in teaching someone or getting them the information on how to start one is serving his responsibility to his community and it's members.   Would I post a totally negative letter such as that, no, I wouldn't.  It had no positives in it, just a lament about the situation of writer and what she describes as low income residents.  Trust me, the low income residents or potential residents already know the negatives of their situation.   IMO, he can just as well, if not better, serve his sellers and potential sellers as well as buyers by starting a postitive chain reaction without posting the comment.  If it's 'honesty' we're looking for here then perhaps he could reference a comment he had received about difficulties in the area and it gave him this great idea...and he's looking for volunteers and additional positive ideas.   Just my take on it.