Rent room by room in Las Vegas remotely managing

[Gaby Liu]

I have a 5b3b brand new built house in Las Vegas gated community is going to close in a few days, 2 hospital campus and a 3 year college near by, (HOA requires 90 days minimum stay) , I am debating what would be a better option;

A:Renting out the whole place as one price $2500 to long term rental , no need to furnish. hands off, but the cash flow is negative $200/month. COC negative 1.5%

Pros: less work , pay one time commission  to put tenant in place, easy for me to remotely manage , less turnover. no need to furnish

Cons: negative cash flow, 200 a month that is $2400 a year.

B: Doing it room by room, to rent it out 5 different people in one house, $900-1100/room, total gross income is $4000-4500, Cash flow will be $1000-1300/month. COC is about 7%

Pros: Cash flow is positive

Cons:

1,Furnish the house cost money and time ,if doesn't work for MTR , I have to un-furnish it to switch back to LTR.

2,It is a big house , not sure if it is easy to put 5 traveling nurses in the house at one time, if not ,then I need to add other different group of people in the house , potential raise problem ? what if tenant fight each other in the house or have room break in and sue the landlord?

I called insurance company when they hear I rent out room by room for different people they don't have policy to cover that. al

So , Since I don't live in Vegas ,So I m managing out of state , I really debating what should I do with this house, any advise is appreciated,  and I need to make decision soon to go which route. 

thank you !

[Bob Willis]

I own a 4BR 2 BA house in Tempe I rent out by the room. Utilities are included with the rent. I charge $775/month. I have no problem keeping the rooms rented, BUT my son is in one of the rooms, so I have eyes on the ground. One other thing to note, I pay for a monthly cleaning service. I rent the rooms via Zillow (which posts them on HotPad). Good luck.