Vehicles may not be parked on the grass.Tenant agrees to advise their guests/visitors about parking and agrees to be responsible for improperly parked vehicles of their guests/visitors.Assigned or unassigned parking spaces (or carport, if any) available for use by Tenant are intended for the parking of private passenger vehicles.

If you add your roommate to your policy and a visitor is injured by your roommate's dog, the liability policy would cover any damages.However, adding your landlord as an additional insured makes it impossible for either of you to make a claim against one another's liability policies for damages.For example, if faulty wiring causes a fire in your apartment, you and your insurance company would normally sue your landlord and their insurance company to cover the loss.

Maybe find out if there are similar places where visitors rent short term.

Call me crazy, but I believe my place is suitable for animals with a fenced in back yard and near a few veterinary clinics.

Have you found a suitable property in those areas that would get the nightly rate you’ll need?

If the NPS is stating that the number of visitors to the GSMNP is up from last year, something's wrong with their counter, as it simply can't be. 

For example, before the COVID lockdown, Chinese nationals were a significant component of total visitors.

I guess it was seen as a necessary evil in meeting the visitor demand.But with a 30% increase in STR listings in the last 18 months (state wide), it is pretty hard to ignore now.

Always intended to do that again after I sold the house but life happens and the properties I invested in after that aren't suitable or ready to be STRs.

As the Evansville economy grows so will interested investors, visitors, and businesses looking to get a piece of the market.