Can you have vacation short term renters sign a waiver that they are choosing to stay in an old house with any potential injury risks that could occur from same? You could include in the waiver receipts from within the last year for roof, electrical, plumbing inspections, say?
I don’t see why the owner is liable. There should be a way to cover your butt if there was no negligence.
There’s different laws in different states. I’m only familiar with NY, NJ and PA...and in these states, landlords should have a basic rule of thumb: in court, the judge will invariably side with the tenant, period.
Assume that you the landlord are liable, even if it’s clearly written in the lease that the tenant must not have parties or whatever he did that led to him suing you.
No waiver, no hold-harmless clause will protect you.
Nothing will protect you when the judge is inclined to decide in favor of the tenant. (See rule of thumb.)
Don’t have tenants. Have alligators, pythons, wolves...don’t have tenants.