Oh dear CDC eviction ban extended until July and no way for landlords to get any rental assistance unless the tenant agrees to join in.

Why not an eviction ban and direct payments to landlords.

The federal ban on evictions has been extended yet again, bringing relief to tens of millions of renters struggling to catch up.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended its federal moratorium on eviction for non-payment of rent until June 30. 

They don't want to be on the hook for your lease if STR's get banned by the municipality or put on hold like with the pandemic.Take some time and search for arbitrage on here and you will read many posts from many of us on the topic.

@Kelly Worley@Brett Holmes@Jon MorbesThe odds that short-term rentals would ever be banned or over-regulated in Mexico are practically 0.

We were banned from showing tenant occupied units last year but that ended at the end of May. 

Hey Chelsa, short term rentals could be a really cool opportunity for you in this ADU with lower risk that a long term tenant would take advantage of the covid-19 eviction bans.

What was passed
Baltimore city council just passed a bill requiring owners of over 10 units to offer alternatives to security deposits. Alternatives include paying in installments and paying for insurance.
What now...

Then of course COVID had different plans for me, lockdown's, in state travel bans, no AirBnb's allowed, etc. so my wife and I stayed there and used it when we were finally allowed to drive up there again last year to finally fix it up a little bit. 

Would I be better off waiting until the eviction ban is lifted to buying the properties so I can place paying tenants in them immediately.