My husband and I are planning on putting one the rooms in our house on airbnb, either as a short term or medium term rental for travel Healthcare workers and such.

@Ray WhiteI recommend finding an accountant who specializes in real estate taxation and tax planning for high earners.

Did you talk to any of the tenants while you were under contract to go over the plan?

That sounds like a well-considered plan, and visiting in person is a great first step.

I am planning to start a direct booking site for my short-term rentals.

If they do inquire we just say we have plans for an extensive reno or the owner is requesting the unit emptied.

I would shop this out with a broker that could save you some money in the long term depending on how you are planning on keeping the property.

You don’t want to waste your time with these folks or plan 1:1 people thinking they’re “the one.”

And "better or worse" might be a little relative...so it's best to find out the information about going either way from your program administrators so you can compare the two options.Hope that makes sense.

I have 14 days to appeal the commissioners denial and plan to try to go to the BACP next week for some guidance.