Quote from @Steven Hervey: Hey everyone,We are renting our first property and were approached today about renting it out as a palliative adult care home. 

My adult children have 9 properties now ~ they advise me to buy a few rentals to provide eventual income supplementation after I retire. ( Who wants to be the retiree wiping tables at McDonald's ?

He had a female CPA on who talked about the benefits of an STR Loophole for those of us who have W2 income as a way to take deductions that are normally not permissable when the tax payer makes a certain amount of income. 

My kids are transitioning to adults, I need to find a new place to live and will probably house hack in some way. 

I am from a family of 7 , five kids , 2 adults and it was fun , constant crazyness .

Even though the nurse is already vetted through their agency, I still run standard checks on any adult who will be living in the home—mainly a background check for safety and basic income verification if they’ll be contributing.If the nurse’s contract alone easily meets the income requirement, I don’t stress too much about the spouse’s finances, but I still verify who they are since they’ll be occupying the property.

But the spouse/partner isn’t screened by anyone, and that is where most landlords get burned.Here’s how most experienced MTR owners handle it, and what I’ve seen work best:Screen them as a household, not just the nurse.If two adults are living in your property, they’re both legally responsible for rent and for whatever happens inside the unit.

You need to be able to communicate with adults confidently without making yourself sound beneath them.

My tenants are often female, and they usually prefer being on the second floor for additional privacy and safety concerns.

Worst case get a double security deposit, a higher rent/guest/occupany fee, and make the SSN holder the sole applicant and the other adult as a guest.