Invited one of the neighbors over, with his visiting father in law. 

The state doesn’t have rent control laws, but landlords are prohibited from collecting more than one month’s rent for security deposits.

Is it too much of a hurdle for the Local, Esq. to review the local law? 

Within the U.S. if you want to avoid the bureaucratic nightmares that often follow STRs you will probably want to invest in a well established STR market that already has laws favorable to STRs.

Positive SolutionsProblem: In my county small multi-family houses are nearly non-existent and short-term rentals and second-cooking-areas are illegal.Solution: House-hack while renting MTR to traveling medical professionalsProblem: I didn’t know the many laws of the countySolution: A hired attorney 1) informed me that the county calls a house-hack a boardinghouse and 2) drafted a very comprehensive agreement that includes answers to your list of questions.Problem: Interpersonal problems can be a risk.

This is an example of someone violating law to make more money, and it could eventually come back to bite them.

@Mindy Rosscup, you want a contract that is specific to the laws of your state.

Registering a Wyoming LLC as a foreign LLC in CA removes anonymity but retains stronger asset protection laws.

But there's no body of case law indicating that to be a concern.

With all my respect, most real estate agents have no clue what the laws are.