@Greg-and0 My oh my, you are so fortunate to live in such a beautiful part of Washington State!
To some of the regular contributors to this section like @Clare0 my responses will have a certain repetetiveness about them but, many of the questions have been brought up before so, I have a little store of answers I can draw on....so, sorry Claire if you have heard it all before.
In this country we have an expression Greg! An unlabelled bottle of wine is called a 'Cleanskin' ....possibly you have the same thing over there. It does not necessarily mean it is going to be a bad wine....it just doesn't have a past!
Greg, you are new to the game and it will take you a while to build up a 'gut feeling' towards some of these requests The only advice I can give you...and other hosts...... As you said, this guest had no previous dealings with Airbnb, and Greg, that would seriously worry me. When a booking request comes through I always check on their 'history'...as it were, to see what possible issues there might have been in the past. I know everyone needs to start from somewhere but, I would be extremely hesitant about taking on a 'cleanskin'!!!
Greg, I have been so fortunate, I have had nothing but wonderful guests but I know my time will come for that little upset......but, it won't come because I haven't done my homework!!
Cheers.....Rob