The short answer is No, you don't need it.

Hey Jaxin,Congrats on jumping into the real estate game.

In any case, you need to make sure that the HOA will let you use it as a short term rental.

Ok, so I read and loved Avery Carls “Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth”.

To list a few...Anyone who wants to increase their property’s income potential (and equity) and build new housing in a market that struggles with high prices, low supply, and few new construction.House hackers who live in their primary and want to airbnb an ADU love this strategy or vice versaInvestors who want to do both long term and short term benefit from having two separate units.Rental Restrictions on ADUs.Thankfully, Raleigh is very STR friendly and ADU friendly right now.

The challenge is that non-government jobs are often short-lived.

Once you have a short list, get an account with each one and run them through the wringer to see how they function.

Quote from @Andrea Wellman: Would like to invest in short term rentals to start and learn from this forum and experts.  

Adding bedrooms to both units sounds like a game-changer for rent potential. 

At that point I dont know investing would make any sense, I have heard scary stories I was thinking about short term rentals but that needs constant cleaning after guests and conpetition is very high my friend spent almost 200k out of pockets to buy a property for airbnb and he got 17 bookings per year....