House hacking with Airbnb? Good Idea?

[Jeremy Kleier]

So my wife and I are looking at buying a duplex (technically it would be a house / cottage scenario) in Colorado Springs.

Instead of renting it in traditional way, we are thinking about using Airbnb to rent it out. It seems to have a much higher return on investment. 

Is anyone doing anything like this? 

Also, how would you run the numbers to make sure it would be a wise investment?