Here is some info: SF STR FAQAssuming the info is up-to-date, it must be your permanent residence (you must live at the property for a minimum 275 days a year), you can rent unhosted a max of 90 nights a year, you need a business license, and you need to pay the city $925 for a STR certificate.

I'm not sure about the potential for liability in a wrongful death suit if somebody is injured or killed in the fire, but definitely would not want to find out personally, nor would I want to live with that on my conscience.  

As I spoke to an expert who invests all over the US in sober living, he told me the best way was to find treatment centers nearby the area you want to invest.

I've owned student housing as far as 4.1 miles from the University of South Carolina campus.In my experience, the only reason kids would live that far away is cheap rent.

I own a single family home in Socal that my wife and i currently living in.

Where I live mice are common as the cold weather drives them inside.

Never lived in it, and much of the renovation I did myself.

Burlap on the wall, postage stamp rug for a large living room, hodgepodge of items around the house with no real theme.

And there are even more carriers who would insure co-living rental w/o owner-occupied - for example Obie.

Our first purchases were ones that we lived in and added value while we learned.