Saves on fights in the bad times and chronic low level tension in the good times.

This should ease the tension.

Would it surprise anyone if Putin does something to heighten international tensions and thus push crude oil prices higher. 

It is a tough thing all around to discern how to honor the Lord Most High when dealing with folks who seem content to run from ruinous misconduct to ruinous misconduct (like burying your head in the sand and letting an eviction happen).The poor will always be among us, yet we are called to love . . . specifically the alien, orphan, and widow.Those who don't work should not eat, yet we have all received abundantly more and better than we deserve (through Christ).Ours is indeed a faith of tensions and you do well to consider how to honor the different sides of the tension in your landlording.Keep it up!

However, I think we will also see some exiting of cities due to the political tensions that came from COVID and some of the other issues we are currently seeing.

Having parents as co-signors can lead to housemate tensions and helicopter parent issues for you.What we do is have the student bring a guarantor to the table - typically a parent or grandparent.  

For most tenants, just knowing that their maintenance issue has been received and is scheduled to be handled resolves a lot of the tension and concern. 

They can claim to send you $500, but if you only receive $480, then you will have tension between yourself and your tenant.Note: I am not a landlord but my dad has been a property manager for many years and I have been a tenant for many years myself.

Further, reporting your landlord to the IRS to be subjected to auditing is the lowest of the low and you might want to consider de-escalating the tension and state that those actions would not set a friendly tone in the tenant/ landlord relationship, given that she will have to interact with you regularly for repairs, rent checks and other issues.

The cheap tension rods usually damage the walls on both sides, forcing repair and usually considered normal wear and tear so I have to do it without charge.