He is essentially right although most make the assumption drugs n gang activity are the driving cause and that is a common reason. The gang-bangers also look for folks who are known to keep large amounts of cash and valuables in the house like members of some immigrant groups.
There was a attempted home invasion by 2 Asian gang members in the the bay area city of Alamo a few years ago. Alamo is very upscale with multimillion dollar homes. The homeowner was a wealthy doctor who flaunted his wealth like wearing gold chains,expensive rings,nice toys etc.
The gang-bangers worked as part of a furniture moving crew to case their victims. One bad guy got smoked by the doctor but the other bad guy killed the doctor. He in turn was beat senseless by the wife and brother in law using a iron skillet.
Years ago my family was travelling the freeway past Alamo when the truck towing our trailer threw a rod.
The initially responding tow truck driver only towed us off the freeway to safety, dropping us off in a shopping center parking lot to await a large flat bed truck to haul us home.
Rather than sit in the hot trailer, we used our folding chairs in the parking space next to us. The reaction of the woman from the shopping center was priceless. She asked us very politely whether we were intending to camp there. She was greatly relieved when we explained that we were just awaiting help.