Air BnB Out Basement in Nashville (Hendersonville/Mt. Juliet)

[Bob Mueller Jr.]

I know Nashville has been a hot bed for Air Bnb controversy recently, but I think as long as it's your primary residence it can still work and be legal?  For instance, if you had a home in a nice subdivision with a 1-2 bedroom finished basement with kitchen, could you stay in the basement full-time (I'm a single bachelor) and then Air BnB out the entire top of the home?  Or would some nice subdivisions still try and block that activity if a lot of guests are coming and going?  I travel a lot too, so how do they prove how much time I would actually be at the home and would I then be in jeopardy of them trying to claim it's not my "primary" residence?