They recognize the buyer can destroy the seller credit, but they are in such dire straights that the risk is justified 2) the seller knows the buyer and has so much trust in the buyer that they have every confidence that the buyer will perform on the loan.From a buyer, it provides a means to get an interest rate from NLT q1 2022 that is a fraction of today’s rate.  

You will have tenets who destroy your place, use it as a trap house or drug den and will accuse you of being a slumlord no matter what.  

Who cares if their feelings got hurt, your investment got destroyed.

My tenant texted to let me know there was a domestic disturbance and her boyfriend destroyed the house.  

So cash for keys got them moved and kept them from destroying the house on the way out..

Left the place destroyed and broke a chair.

I do have folks that don't book because of that.That is a good thing as not understanding the distance to get places will create bad blood and cause those 2 and 3 star reviews which no one wants to see.Like @John Underwood, our place isn't cheap so we don't get the folks that destroy places.The bottom line is that you are renting out an expensive asset to strangers for 3-10 days or whatever.

Same thing happened where I am in areas where there were fires that destroyed towns or in areas where hail storms are more frequent.As for blame, there is no point blaming anyone, just learn from what happened and try to prevent it again (not fires because they will happen, but things like running out of water) or reduce the damage if it does happen again at that scale. 

Sub 30k houses are an absolute disaster with a tenant pool that will destroy your properties and make your life miserable.

It will destroy them.