Even throughout the Covid pandemic (aside from a period of a few months of lockdown) the rentals held up pretty steadily and maybe even experienced an uptick because people were itching to get out of their homes.That being said, its a tough balance also, because a lot of these luxury vacation homes were situated in residential neighborhoods in the outskirts of town, where it was supposed to be more remote and serene and quite frankly, residential, and one of the prime struggles that STRs had to struggle with was the growing number of residents who felt encroached upon and ultimately wanted to oust STR rentals.  

During the pandemic, out $5 curtain supplier ran out, and my wife ended up resorting to having to sew the sheers herself for one property.

Wait until you have a fair housing dispute or perhaps you handle rent payments improperly during a COVID-19 pandemic or what if that unlicensed handyman you're using gets hurt or even worse yet hurts someone else?

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's ban on residential evictions imposed last year to combat the spread of COVID-19 and prevent homelessness during the pandemic, dealing a setback to landlords who had challenged the policy. 

I see a lot of arrogant people say if you have non-paying tenants during the pandemic it is due to your poor screening.

Another thing to consider right now is that a lot of meetups are taking place virtually because of the pandemic.  

With the eviction memorandums happening, its setting a divide along with the pandemic.

All the screening in the world, doesn't control for pandemics, divorces, job losses.Let's face it real estate is messy.   

The pandemic has plagued a lot of us financially.

It's 2020 and we're in a pandemic.....