Of course there are bad brokers/agents out there so no facet of real estate or niche is immune to the bad apples.

I am most certainly not immune to these, however I consider things that involve finances to be a rational endeavor, and so my autopilot social responses would not affect the bottom line of a business negotiation.

Why do people seem to think Real Estate is immune to this?  

It is a small dog, and he has all the shots and immunization papers.The tenant is willing to add another month of security deposit in order to move in.I always have a NO PET policy but now thinking of being a little flexible this time,  bad idea?

http://nvar.com/disclosure/nvar-law-ethics-portal/legal-knowledgebase/disclosure/real-estate-laws-leasing-with-impunity-a-landlords-guide-to-diplomatic-immunity

The European Commission, in its investigation of the Libor scandal this year has uncovered two international banking cartels that were used to influence the Libor benchmark interest rate and set bid-ask spreads.Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) was given immunity by the Commission for revealing the existence of the first banking cartel.

Also, my guess is that the HOA or the bidder of the home is somehow immune to the personal credit rating hits that we original homeowners get when we don't pay.

its a federal law spawned from the deep dark days of 08 to 2010 when landlords were losing homes left and right and then tenants were being displaced because landlords were ripping rents and handing the homes back to the banks in droves.. this fallacy that rentals are immune from financial downturns is just not reality.. 

So it presses on rental housing in historic fashion, pressing rents sky high, which will drive those who can respond, the institutional investor, because they don't have to reply on financed funds thus a certain immunity to lending rates. 

Unless the tenant says they have covid or is someone in a high risk group (immune system compromised, elderly, etc.)