., which grants permits to hosts, about a dozen of the city’s 3,600 nonowner-occupied listings—which include Airbnb properties—surfaced in the first days of April as advertisements for one-year leases on Zillow or Craigslist, according to Host Compliance LLC, a software provider tracking permits for the city.

Everything I've ever read states the airborne particles of asbestos settle to a surface within 3 days. 

I was then reminded on a few occasions how much it cost to clean, prime, and repaint every surface in the place, and now my lease is clear that smoking is not permitted inside and there is a $200 fee per occurrence of evidence that smoking has occurred.

An example would be For Sale By Owner because it seems pretty easy when the market is hot, the property is simple, and both parties are honest; it doesn't take much for a FSBO to turn sour.AirBnB arbitrage is another model that looks good on the surface when everything is going well.

Of course they may need cash or getting older etc .. it doesn’t matter , as there is no true turnkey properties besides your own house and even that has issues at times .There is always more to the background than what lies on the surface.

Overall is the house safe and clean and the surfaces all covered with modern paint?

If you can't do quartz, I would still look at replacing the countertop with new sub-surfacing that can accommodate an under-mounted sink because it has a very high end feel that tenants will recognize when comparing photos of rentals online (add sink garbage disposal at that time if one does not exist already, it's a walkthrough gadget that helps sell and keeps your own maintenance down). 

@JP Findley Sounds great on the surface.

— no one had a problem with this and everyone complied. 4) I told them upon entering that I would open/touch all doors, drawers, closets, light switches, etc... so as to minimize surface contamination.

I try to keep an open mind about things and it seems some people are raving about it but like you said in the surface it seems very risky.