That doesn't make them a target worthy of a lawsuit. You have to peel back the finances. Many times the cash flow from a rental is just there to minimize the monthly damage of having an asset do nothing useful for its owner at all.
You could argue this is true for hotels as well, but the larger operators are likely to be more diversified and in better shape.
With a docketed judgment, if the defendant didn't pay up, you and the sheriff can go in to the rental (possibly even while other tenants are in it) and seize the defendant's property until you have seized items that sum to the value of the judgment.
Which is to say, you can probably at least seize the camera that was used to record you, if it's still in there. And you could also take other consumer electronics gear that's in there, that you could use yourself, like routers and televisions.
And if you're getting jerked around and feeling vindictive, you'll go to a hardware store website and check the prices on cat5e cables, coax cables, doorknobs, hinge pins, interior doors, shower heads, toilet hardware, mattresses, mini-fridges, microwave ovens, toasters, coffee-makers, etc. Just bring some tools when you go to collect. Even a small unpaid judgement can render a short-term rental unusable. The replacement cost of all those little things is as nothing compared to the labor cost of delivering and reinstalling all of it.
You could argue this is true for hotels as well, but the larger operators are likely to be more diversified and in better shape.