Buying a waterfront to rent out main house and live in boat house

[Brett M.]

I'm attracted to living in a waterfront home except all the ones in my area are mostly large homes and I don't want or need 2500 sq ft plus to just myself. A lot of these house have little 500 sq ft boat houses with a bathroom and shower.

Would it be crazy to buy one of these homes to rent it out and live in the boathouse?

My one main concern is a lot of these homes would rent for quite a bit of money and I'm kind of wondering if these higher end clientele might steer away from a property like this with the landlord living nearby.