New landord renting my own bedrooms

[Rasiel Algaze]

Hello everyone, Im planning to house-hack a 6 bedrooms house. Live in master bedroom and rent other rooms. I know I gotta be careful with the people I let in my house. I'm would probably run a background check for every new (unknown) tenant. What type of rental lease agreement would you recommend me to use? What else can I do to protect myself in case somebody want to play smart with the law?

[Samuel Pawlitzki]

Make sure you know all the laws in your state so you don't get srewed. Make sure you have a written lease agreement, don't do anything verbally. Also, maybe look into doing month-to-month tenancy for these people. That way you're not stuck with a bad tenant for the next 12 months if one of them turns out to be a rotten apple.