Short term rental house hacking

[Danielle Scott]

I just purchased a home and want to rent out one of my spare bedrooms to a traveling medical professional. I’ve done this numerous times in the past with rentals and had a good experience but now that I have my own place I want to take some extra precautions. Since this is going to be a house share I want to have a way to ask them to leave if they end up being terrible or don’t pay the rent and also want something that covers their personal belongings since many travelers don’t have renters insurance.  Basically I want to be covered with all the intricacies of this specific situation. Would you use a standard month-to-month lease for your state or would you get a lawyer to draft this up?