So with all that, I'm thinking to open booking now for next summer with a 7 day minimum, see how it books out, and by late winter/spring I can reduce it to a 3 day min to fill any remaining weekends, and then work on filling mid-week vacancies as summer approaches.We were leaning towards Fri-Fri, but Michael I like your suggestion about the Mon-Mon option, which could be nice because renters would have the weekend to travel and then begin their stay on a Monday, then they would end their stay on an upnote with a long weekend...But with either Fri-Fri or Mon-Mon renters would probably need to take 6 days off work...Sunday-Sunday might actually be better because renters would only need 5 days off.  

The tenants know the mini split is their best bet for controlling temp on their side, but they do not want to not pay for the energy to run it and would prefer the gas gets used (gas is included in their lease.) 

@Don Konipol not out of the air, based on my own rental and a few hundred others we've done at Net Energy in 8 states.

@Natasha BradfordTo save your hard-earned cash and energy, I strongly suggest signing up for one of the many wholesale programs available.

By living in one unit and renting out the others, you reduce your living expenses and generate income.

He talks about how you can purchase a rental property, manage it as a short term rental during the year you acquire it, do a cost segregation study, use those "losses" to significantly reduce your taxable income that year, and then turn the property into a long term rental in the following year. 

The actuaries realize they have too many policies in one area and the insurance companies want to reduce risk and spread risk. 

If you ever found your self in trouble you sell a property and reduce your debt load and obligations. 

Without knowing your exact situation on time, energy, and capital it's hard to limit down to a market. 

I should look at house hacking as a way to reduce my living expensesAll of that makes sense to me but in my personal situation, I live with my parents for free.