Perspective/perception plays a huge part when buyers or anyone is walking through a property. 

Security is a person choice, feeling and perception.

But, aside from the fact that the country has successfully proven out the effectiveness and vast personal & societal benefits of working virtual, the financial, social and cultural leadership in certain parts of the country are absolutely driving people with means to depart certain localities and states.

It's more about perception.

I think it's because the perception is that landlording is "easy money", similar to people's perception of STRs or being a realtor.

The only worry is that perception, even when false, often becomes reality:(

If we're being honest, this perception is often accurate. 

I want to address this mostly for perception of privacy/safety reasons, as well as noise mitigation. 

This bias skews our perception of reality.

“Plaintiffs claim that the ordinance operates as a per se taking because it singles out private landlords to ‘address a perceived, though vaguely identified, societal problem’ related to housing needs.