My guests love our place, while our previous tenants were all college kids who destroyed my property.

I read the minutes from one of the city planning meetings and it sounded like a bunch of grouchy old men: renters destroy everything...houses a stones throw away with make parties...we want community members to contribute, not transients....To me, it seems like short term renters bring more money and commerce to an area, not less.

Capital gains rates at 15% if in  25% tax bracket, on 20,000 profit gain is 2,000, while significant, to me the hassle, the delay, tying up my money, and the potential for greater loss if the buyer destroys the property... would not be worth the potential increase profit. 

The Renters Insurance Policy's I reviewed included coverage for "Vandalism"(Vandalism is an offense that occurs when a person destroys or defaces someone else's property without permission.)

Staying with them long term will destroy any type of profit you may have.

"Legion" is a movie that just came out that rewrites Revelation as God sending angels to earth to destroy humanity - outright against every interpretation of Christianity and even Judaism.

If this becomes the standard it is going make the investments much more risky (requiring one to close w/o a buyer lined up), require a lot more capital and drag out the holding time substantially, this could destroy my business model.Any thoughts?

Trailer parks are usually not in good locations, so you deal with stuff like lime in the water, that will also destroy the water pipes.

Exactly, sometimes nothing you can do, just roll with the punches, look at the big picturewhere its devastating is the new investors who this happens to on their first purchase or the owner on the way out destroys it as well .. 

The thought of gauranteed rent sounds great..until the tenants destroy the property and Section * wont recertify it until you fix everything they broke.