Maybe a section 8 play could work. 

I know it's kind of backwards to invest in properties than further down the line "house hack" but that's just how circumstances played out for me with my current home. 

Neither party has to play games with the other.

@George ChungDepends on number of factors such as how good are your financial records (balance sheet, income statement), how many state returns there are, just to name a couple of the factors in play.

You can literally transfer the funds to your checking account and gamble it all away.

Do I just play the waiting game at this point?

Here is the article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/investors-flock-to-self-storage-rental-housing-as-safety-plays-11583780432?

There might be a play there for little to know money.

I made sure financing was done first before I started looking bc we all know banks play too much lol.

A 5-day booking scheduled to check in tomorrow just cancelled, so I'm out 5 days of revenue with almost zero hope of rebooking.While I'm all for people being responsible about their travel plans, I'm not all for hosts getting hosed - if AirBNB wants to play travel insurer, they should do it with their money, not mine.This is one of many reasons I'm glad my STRs have fat margins, because if this goes on for long there's going to be belt-tightening happening!