I had my last rental for next school year get rented this week, and I took a group of young adults that weren't in school over students to hedge against the unknown, like you are referring to.

The government intervention and assistance that might come is unknown.

As both a short and long term rental owner I’ll just add a few words of caution here...AirBnB and other vacation rental sites like HomeAway are great for the purpose they originated: short term rentals, but they offer minimal protection for the concerns of many owners needing to secure their properties for longer lease terms.As a traditional property manager I’m far more interested in ensuring I pull a full criminal background check, speak with a potential tenant’s present and prior landlord, confirm consistent employment/income sources for > 6 months, and ensure a potential tenant has a track record of paying other bills they have agreed to in writing like credit cards, car loans, and others.On the contrary, at best AirBnB/HomeAway/others give me the following info on guest/tenant: a blurry selfie (that could be their dog)confirmation of a non-specific government IDconfirmation of an email address I can’t seecurrent city/state of residencelist of reviews by individuals running a different AirBnB (that I have no way of confirming is not the guest’s best friend)Property insurance secured by (and in the interest of) someone who is not meWhile I’m OK with taking a gamble on unknown guests using my property for short term stays, stays of longer than 1 month generally involve: Someone looking to move significant belongings in with them (that I cannot legally remove in most states)Moving in for a period of time they’re generally unable to pay for entirely upfrontTenants receiving access only after a legally-executed lease, criminal, background, credit, and income check that’s par for the course in a professional, term stay arrangementEven beyond the blatant lack of risk mitigation tactics common in long term lease agreements, the fact remains that many STR platforms are also skimming 10-20% of gross revenue off the top of owners’ profits for little beyond the initial SEO and payment processing.

The guy set off to explore a world completely unknown where it was thought you’d sail off the edge of the earth or be eaten by 500 foot long double headed sea creatures .

@Erik Grahn Lot of questions and unknowns here.

Unless it is a substantial increase in rent we are talking about it almost never makes sense to kick out a tenant like you are describing when you account for the turnover and vacancy costs you will incur on top of the unknowns with the new tenant. 

Unknown to us it said 9 birds were accepted by the management company and it did not stipulate what kind of birds they were although we were told verbally they were just two love birds which are about 5 to 6 inches long and birds that are in the apartment flying around are cockatoos about 14 to 18 inches.

My tenant then brought in an unknown roommate who contributed to the rent payment.

Too many unknowns.

New builds take a lot of the risk out of buying the unknown, they are desirable to renters too.