House hacking in the house that I live in

[Mark Berge]

Hi all, I have a spare bedroom in the house that I live in. I first rented it out on airbnb. Had a few guests stay and then a possible guest said that she was relocating from germany to new jersey and was interested in renting through airbnb for a month while she was looking for a job and an apartment. She moved in Oct 2, 2022 and then after about 3 weeks she said that she wanted to rent the room for a few months, I said yes and we agreed on the rent thinking that it would be for a few months. She found a job but then she told me she was not working there anymore. 

Fast forward it is 7 months and she is still here paying rent on the 1st. I told her that I would like to fix up the room and rent it out again on airbnb. I don't know how to handle this issue. The good thing about airbnb is that on the listing I can turn the availability on and off when I get sick of sharing my house with strangers.

Any thoughts?

[Ryan Thomson]

@Mark Berge Think through how much more you will get on airbnb and if the extra income is worth the hassle of kicking out a good tenant that seems like super low effort.