Is turning only a portion of a multi unit to AirBnb a good idea?

[Brandon Rodriguez]

I have a 4-Unit building in downtown Riverside, CA. I inherited all 4 tenants and everything has been great for the last year. One just moved out and I’m renovating, and I’m beginning to think AirBnb is a good idea for that one unit, but here are my concerns 1- Do I have to advise the other 3 tenants that it will be a Airbnb ? Should I? 2- Am I to expect some horror stories from the residences bickering? If anyone has any experience with this and could share their stories, failures or successes, I’d greatly appreciate it.

[Patrick M.]

I briefly toyed with this idea when renovating a 4 unit. Bottom line for me was that I would not do that to my tenants.

I expect my tenants to adhere to the lease and conduct themselves in a neighborly way. To introduce a non vetted, temporary stranger into their space who would not be subjected to that would undermine what I have created.