If so, what are the laws and regulations I should be are aware of?

Plus a bunch of other restrictions and regulations.

Breaks should be for known renters with a good history.If you're not allowed to give notice because of COVID or some crazy California regulation, then I would at least bump them up to within 10% of the market rate and start enforcing late fees.

Whether that is by leveraging the zoning to add additional units or leveraging the state ADU bills would depend on the zoning, local regulations, etc. 

Your borrower may still call that they can't pay the mortgage, just like rent, but you don't have to worry about repairs, neighbor or municipality issues or anything else pertaining to home ownership.Mortgages are highly regulated and lenders have tax obligations.

@Chris Fariogun people still need a place to live during a pandemic, and employment is slowly but surely regulating again.

As our office is moving forward to ensure both current laws and new regulations are met we need to update our system.

Helps offset fixed expenses like permits and regulations. certainly gets the job done and we do need more housing inventory on the upper end as well, but the real challenge is the insane demand for houses under median.

I'm just now getting in real estate, and am a bit apprehensive due to all of the eviction regulations and covid rules during the Biden administration.

Don't forget about STR taxes (I'm triple taxed at local, state, and federal) and vacanciesSTR regulations change all the time - I wouldn't buy a place unless I was confident in the LTR numbers just in case