I had two eerily similar situations to this one, back to back and before that a severe alcoholic.

Maybe @Michael Swan can correct me.Back in the day, I used to live in North Park and enjoyed Pacific Beach when you could drink alcohol on the beach.  

It'd make a great cashflow deal if you can convince the neighbors that recovering alcoholics are a good thing for the neighborhood.

We have had parties thrown at our AirBNBs to the point cops were called and doors kicked in, with alcohol all over the floor laminate is not a good option. 

Here are my (thus far unsubstantiated) concerns:  (1) once they turn 21 there will be irresponsible use of alcohol involving visitors to my property; (2)  they are too immature to respect other peoples' property and will not take care of the apartment; (3) when they break up in 3 months, I'll be back to square one - this time in the dead of winter.I could do a guarantor, but here in NYS we cannot collect any additional deposit beyond one month's rent, so I would have another person to seek damages from, but they would not have any monetary "skin in the game." 

It is alcohol based and pigmented white and we sealed the floors and existing studs that were showing.

Most people like alcohol.

One place the alcoholic owner hadn't cut the grass in 5 years. 

He is an alcoholic and very abusive.I already lost an awesome property manager as he didn't want to deal with the tenant.

It's because he was overserved alcohol by Carrabbas and there's a lawsuit and I can personally be getting anywhere from a $500,000-$1,000,000 settlement.