Yes, we do live in a very litigious society and even more so in a place like San Francisco that favors the Tenant over the Landlord.

Short term might not recover as fast (Which also depend on location, Suburban might be doing better than Urban setting where reservation is heavily depending on local events/conferences.)

Urban Commercial, Inc., 87 N.J.Super. 391, 209 A.2d 640 (1965).

I have student rentals in Toledo, OH, which is nice because it's a major urban area and I have a 60-40 student-regular renter ratio right now.

https://www.mnn.com/family/pets/stories/are-feral-cats-answer-rat-infestations.2018-09-27 Cats Bad At Nabbing Rats But Feast On Other Beastshttps://www.wired.com/story/rats-vs-cats/.2018-09-27 Feral cats appear to be pathetic at controlling New York City’s ratsUrban felines prefer mice and birds to big, feisty rodents BY SUSAN MILIUS 4:09PM, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018https://www.sciencenews.org/article/feral-cats-pathetic-controlling-new-york-city-rats.2018-09-28 Cats Are Surprisingly Bad at Killing Ratshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cats-are-surprisingly-ineffective-keeping-urban-rat-populations-check-180970428/.

Whenever you are buying a property out of state you should do a few things to ensure it's as smooth as possible.Don't buy in the roughest neighborhood in the urban core.

First, you need to get bullet proof riot shield, 2 ferocious doberman pinschers, 3 cans of bear mace, 4 lbs of TNT....ok, enough movies and videos games for me.Diplomacy usually takes care of 50%, and then police, if you are lucky enough to live in an area where the police will respond to low priority noise complaints.FYI, police dispatchers in dense urban areas will give higher priority to multiple calls for a single address, make all the neighbors aware of this, so they all call at once.

Tell them it is "urban camping!"

Frozen capital until the market resets to new normal.By summer economic vacancy of 15% becomes the new normal.Vegas condos in trendy hotels like Signature MGM, VDARA, Palms are selling for $150-250k.Hospitality assets will be trading on ten-x auctions and $1M will buy you a 100 key Quality Inn in a decent metro like Tucson, Houston, etc.Multifamily holds on the longest as operators scale back cap ex and race to the bottom on concessions, rent price, etc.Retail strip centers in urban sprawl suburbs sit vacant no debt market or tenancy demand. 

Remember the landlord is the highest sued in real estate mainly because they do not take the time to learn these laws in a very litigious society.