FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) has some good information on public non-traded REITs.

A QCD would be appropriate for a ground lease on a commercial property,  water rights, littoral rights for access to a lake or body of nonnavigable water or where certain interests might be conveyed. 

Here is where confidence, body language and .. being straight to the point comes to play.

In other words are you in a profession that is physically or mentally hard on your body?

How do you think about regulatory risk?

When working through the details with an attorney think about 1) Consideration for tax implications, 2) Understanding of legal and regulatory obligations and 3) Preservation of eviction rights.1) Even when compensating with free housing (not sure if that is the recommended approach because of #3 below or perhaps a hybrid of subsidized and monetary compensation as Sue suggested) you will need proper documentation (equivalent comparable market analysis) to be able to report the operating costs for tax reporting purposes.2) There could be legal and regulatory obligations if you are considered an employer3) Just like hiring an employee, there is never a guarantee there is mutual satisfaction.

And in the past, for less credit worth tenants, we take two months rent deposit, but with rents in the $2,000+/month, we're take only one month, (NY state now limits it to one month) and if we quibble over every little hole in the wall, no body gets anything back, and we'll wind up in court every time.

No body wants to live next to a weird landlord.  

Based on a 2,000-calorie diet, the human body generates about 330 BTUs per hour of heat.

In the parlance of business, I'd say Colorado Springs provides an "uncertain regulatory environment" when it comes to Airbnb and other short-term rentals.