NEED ADVICE! Extended 5 month stay at STR.

[Tom Freestone]

Hi all,

My wife and I have setup our 2nd STR and it is in an area that got hit pretty hard with winter storms in Clackamas County Oregon east of Portland. Today we got a request to stay at our property for 5 months because they need to relocate due to a tree falling on their house. We have never dealt with a stay over 7 days so this is drastically different for us. Financially this is an attractive scenario for us but we are unclear how rental rights and payments should be addressed. How do payments work and what should be aware of in considering this? Does Airbnb charge prior to the stay? Should we create a separate agreement or amend our Airbnb terms and conditions for this property? Should we plan to have our maid go in there monthly or something like to that to keep up to a certain level of cleanliness to return to the market? Any other advice or suggestions? I pasted our listing below if checking it out helps.

Thank you!

Tom

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1042423909892942685?guests=1&adults=1&s=67&unique_share_id=ebf3973c-a10b-482a-a570-32f14843581a

[JD Martin]

You really need to be up to speed on your landlord/tenant laws in Oregon before you agree to this arrangement. I am not, but I know others here have reported that Oregon is a pretty tenant-friendly state. Your main objective is going to be that your property is still functional at the end of this arrangement and that you can successfully evict if necessary. After all, there must be some reason you chose to STR this property rather than LTR in the first place. 5 solid months of using all of your facilities is going to create some wear and tear for sure. That's not to say you shouldn't do it, only that you really need to know every angle.