I don't know how common this is...but three weeks around Christmas and then the Sundance Film Festival would pay for the expenses for the entire year.  

Do you film any videos on YouTube with the Diablo?

If you choose to read more into it than that, that's up to you - not me.Given that the banksters confessed (on film yet!)

Great post and article.Thanks Mike,I just fast forwarded the film of life ;)Most folks would get into a ton of debt and buy a big house. 

Just to give an short term rental owner point since there is a lot of fact-less, miss information, emotional and fear driven arguments going around.As a short term rental owner we abide by the current ordinances and laws (yes even parking), pay all the appropriate taxes btw yes we do pay state and local occupancy taxes just like hotels do also, we also actually pay about triple the property taxes that a normal home owner does for the “privilege of renting our own property”, we take better care of our properties than most property owners around us, clean and maintain our properties weekly, we screen the people we put in our propeties also (my felony neighbor that moved in next to me I have no control over btw).We have systems in place to monitor our propeties 24/7 like video and in fact have even had other neighbors come to us asking for our help and video coverage for unrelated issues on their property.We actually enjoy meeting the different people that stay in our properties and even had a CBS reality show filmed at one of our properties recently.As an owner the only real negative experience I have had is from the folks that think they have to right to tell me what to do with my property.Do we have an occasional guest that thinks they don’t need to follow the rules of course but we handle it just like I would think you of any guest that comes in your home.

One gave the neighbor a hard time and pushed him , the tenant needed dental work after that , lucky another filmed the whole thing .

We've used window heat shrink film, similar to that in your link, and it worked quite well for a sliding patio door as well as smaller windows.

He inquired to me recently about filming a commercial for a friend who owned a private "submarine".

In addition, in areas where smokers are in close proximity to windows, there gets to be noticable film on the windows.

Totally out of left field here but looking to partner with other Real Estate investors for this feature film project?