I've heard of people trying similar things, you'll likely still run across people who don't read the rules and use the kitchen whenever they please, hell I have my check in and check out time posted on the listing, within the welcome message and on my welcome pamphlete and people still ask me what time they can check in and check out.If you're going to block out the kitchen from use then that is certainly possible, however, a home that large is a benefit to typically families, and they will more then likely want to cook which is one of the main reasons large units do so well as vacation rentals because their niche isn't easily filled in any other hospitality alternative.

Since I liked to cook, I always opened it.

Lesson Learned #4 (to add to my previous post):Too many cooks in the kitchen.

If things are in Maryland like they are here in Cook County, IL, you'll be better off doing all you can to get them out, because the eviction process can get long.

Your wife sounds like me :) I'd MUCH rather not have to cook dinner(!)

LIFE-CHANGING ACTIONS here.STEP 1-20.You need to get you personal home rent-ready... not overboard updating, just rentable... clean and painted etc.Fix any leak faucets, loose doorknobs etc NOW, so that when your PERFECT tenant moves in, they won't be calling you to fix those.Put in new 5 Year Lithium Battery (write the date installed ON THE OUTER SHELL) of SMOKE DETECTORS (draw faint red stripes across the front outer shell of smoke detectors-- red means fire or smoke-- when the smoke clears (if the house didn't burn down) it's ok to reset the smoke detector and finish cooking dinner.ON CO DETECTORS (draw faint gray stripes across the front outer shell of a CO--teach your tenant the gray stripes mean DEATH-- if that alarm EVER starts beeping, they are to immediately raise windows , open doors and call you---even if its 2am--- A REPAIR MUST BE MADE or people can DIE-- little children and elderly go first

@Tim Cook I've used both Stewart Title and Alamo Title.

Must be the borrower's primary residence.Based on that, you would have to refinance out to a different loan if you planned on moving out. minimum FICO of 660 for single family homes. 700 for 2-4 unit homes.Must not exceed 100% of the annual median income for your county, which is $76,000 for Cook County Illinois as an example.You can use their eligibility tool to look at other areas. https://homeready-eligibility.fanniemae.com/homeready/

If you have a tenant that deep fries a lot or cooks a lot with grease and doesn't use a proper range hood you can get residue on the walls.

I'm not opposed to cook county but prefer the collar counties.