New vs current renters

[Misha Gnat]

Hello everyone, I just got my offer accepted on my very first piece of real estate. This property is a duplex and my plan is to house hack. My question to you is - should I do short term rental (airbnb) or long term rental? I'm worried that with COVID restrictions my renters have the option to not pay and I can't evict them (I'm in WA state) but with Airbnb I shouldn't have that problem. Since this is my very first property ever, which route would you advise? 

Thanks to all the BP support that helped me take this step!