All Forum Posts by: Erin Rader

Hi Victoria! My husband and I are newbies, as well, hoping to purchase a MHP in 2018. We live in McKinney, Texas— a Dallas suburb. I’m attending the boot camp in Orlando this weekend (the Texas boot camp is much later this year!). Would love to connect!

We rented out a room in our house to aid in a debt snowball and it was a great experience. Our city only allows short term rentals in occupied homes (i.e. you can rent a spare room but not buy a house specifically to use as a short term rental). This seems like a “duh” comment, but I’d also say to have solid “house rules”. Airbnb has a great mediation program if you have a problem guest but you have to have the rule you are trying to enforce in writing. I recently worked with a guy that rents through Airbnb and VRBO on his properties, but caters to companies/businesses that need longer term housing (1-3 months). This would cut down on a lot of the preparation work that goes into a “weekend guest” type of short term rental. Good luck!