I was in a similar position to you, limited time outside of my full time job and limited capital outside emergency savings.

I personally find those extras / risks to be self-insurable with an emergency fund.  

They obviously are not in a medical emergency or a family crisis - because "I'll let you know" pretty much kicks those emergencies to the curb.Let AirBnb know that you will not be authorizing a refund and that the guests are still occupying the property. 

Precisely because of the paths of progress, the emerging middle class, the fast growing tourism and the unregulated nature of short-term rentals that are absent in the more mature markets.

I'm sorry my response has been delayed but I have been dealing with a family emergency.

Now --you have to buy the house for $60000 --minus rehab costs minus some emergency --contingency funds.

Took one day for him to end up in the Emergency Room at Tampa General with a huge, infected, boil from the Brown Recluse Spider that bit him.

KC and the suburbs have pretty diverse employment with mix of emerging tech, corp headquarters, government, and lot of logistical jobs. 

People in the area typically live paycheck to paycheck and that means that if they have an emergency, they don't have any savings that will cover that, but they'll take the rent money to fix the car, so that they can get to work, or pay the baby's hospital bill or so.

Our lease has two clauses to slow down silly maintenance issues:1) All non-emergency maintenance requests must be submitted via email or letter.