How did you convince your spouse to house hack?

[Eric H.]

Great morning BP Fam,

How did you get your spouse to consider house hacking? My wife is not with it at this time. She wants free range to her whole house. I'm considering renting out my basement to help with our housing expense.

[Garrott Nalle]

Both my fiancé, Carrie Penney and I were on the same page when it came to house hacking. We lost one of our two roommates over a year ago and decided to give Airbnb a shot. Once we both saw that Airbnb was bringing in double the typical rent and paying our entire mortgage we didn't look back. Luckily our house is setup with a separate entrance for Airbnb guests which we doored off and separated from the rest of the house. It also helps that we live upstairs.

If you can get your spouse to agree to give Airbnb or having someone rent your basement a try, hopefully the extra cash coming in will help in convincing her to continue doing it.