Of those, what percentage actually were able to foreclose before you could intervene with a payoff or other solution?

While this problem was not directly caused by the government our national and local government can see how their policies have created job losses and they have proven they will in fact intervene quickly.   

It also hurts the creditworthiness of the bank which could lead to banking regulators intervening with the banker's portfolio of loans.

If you are a new landlord you should be risk averse unless you have lots of money for lawyers fees, to unpaid rent and intervening mortgage payments, etc.

While I am not going to take sides with you or @Shawn Dandridge,I think the real point is that you should be screening out the tenants who you believe will need the intervention of their chain of command to make their rent payment (whether the COC will actually intervene or not).  

By the time he intervened, they had destroyed his place, and some of the kids living there had been arrested for arson throughout the neighborhood.      

They may say they will stay for years, they may intend to stay for years, but events often intervene.

I don't think that by accepting rent from a tenant I have effectively taken a sacred oath to intervene forcefully to ensure my neighbors are not disturbed by barking, whether proven or merely alleged. 

The reason the host ‘buttercups’ are upset is not because they took a calculated risk and lost money, but because AirBNB unilaterally intervened and changed the contract structure without consulting owners first.

Upon ongoing issues, I reached out directly to Zach who intervened almost immediately.