Mixed Sex Tenants in SFR, Good or Bad Idea?

[Dakota Rholetter]

Hello Bigger Pockets Family!

I have recently been reading the book, The House Hacking Strategy by Craig Curelop and an interesting question that I thought about earlier was:

In a single-family residence where you rent by the room, is it a good or bad idea to have mixed-sex tenants? Or should an investor opt for same-sex residents?

My thoughts here were that if you had both female and male tenants under a single roof, it could cause tension between the tenants, in a good or bad way, but either way could prove to be troublesome for an investor/live-in landlord. 

Though, I do realize there are some laws in place that say you may not request certain genders this is due to the FHA. However, there are laws that say if there is a common space shared between both men and women, you can request one gender or the other.

What are your thoughts?

Best,

Dakota.

[Kelly Sennholz]

First of all, the comment "If you have a house full of women..." is extraordinarily misogynist. In my experience, the men have far more drama but that is an n of 1.

Secondly, I always rent to people who are neat, responsible, pay their rent, no "issues" such as drinking/drug use/violent romantic partners, etc. The sex or sexual orientation, race, etc. of the person is irrelevant.

C'mon guys, hop into the 2000s.