IE maybe Starbucks would rent them, or whatever.I don't want to be in the position of needing an industry to fight off a disruptive technology, especially in California where the will of the people leans heavily against any form of fossil fuel.

Retailers also expect consumer spending to be tempered in the months ahead by economic uncertainty and the continued disruption of sporting events, restaurant dining and other facets of pre-pandemic life.

They got to disrupt themselves now.

How long and how disruptive will it be to them?  

This isn't perfect; only a first iteration I want to propose so we can start this conversation.I do feel incredibly confident that with companies like Air BnB and VRBO already disrupting the hotel industry; and Uber and Lyft disrupting the car industry we will continue to see tectonic shifts in the way we make decisions on whether to own, rent, or simply have access to essential components of daily life.The current model(s) of housing will have major competition in the very near future.Listed below are some of the major pros and cons with renting or buying and how they could look in a new model:Owning a Home As An Investment: What if living in a community gave you access to some of the profit and loss of the owning company as a whole?

The work is extremely disruptive and messy for a few days but you will not have any water issues once the job is complete.

Almost every government regulatory algorithm starts with base pattern disruptions relative to geographical areas, and throwing small fish in the cooler is a lot easier than catching that elusive marlin.

I can say that I haven't seen any disruptions in the monthly preferred return payouts. 

And if things are found on the home inspection ( and they will be these are all 30 to 100 year old homes in the TK world of the mid west) you now have to schedule again for punch list items again very disruptive and time consuming.. the TK company mean time their cost of capital is running so they try to get tenant in quick as they can etc etc.. this leads to your point and I think Human nature they are under pressure from their TK BROKER to have a tenant in place before the TK Broker will market or allow the buyer to close..

They don't pay attention to this, and when they do they won't disrupt a paying mortgage.