This doesn't seem so bad...it actually seems very fair: tenants can't be priced out of a unit without consequences for the landlord, and even then, those consequences are negligible if the new rent you can secure makes up for it.

So they are getting low interest rates, and they also risk losing some of their principal.You are right that there are more new investors at the auctions, but our impact on prices is negligible.  

An LLC doesn't protect you if you are negligent.

I did find a policy that wasn’t terrible and the income from the Airbnb is really so much more than a long term rental that it has become a relatively negligible expense.

He was negligent on handling the financing contingency, but errors like that are usually prevented when a good attorney is involved and tracking the timelines.

My philosophy on charging tenants is this: if it's due to abuse, negligence, or major dumbness--we enforce the contract that tenant is responsible for any damages to the house.

I didn't have a specific clause in the lease about dog poop, but the lease did state that I would charge $100/hr for any maintenance that was due to tenant negligence.

I am not liable if I am not negligent.

It's a very negligent game your playing there assuming persons in little to no financial viability will pay rent simply because it's the rent. 

It may not be negligence at all.