I would have a minimum stay of 4 days for guests and max stay of 13 days. ; I would also hire a house sitter and house cleaner when I am away. 

Started last week listening to the podcast and have been writing down the books that each guest has been presenting as well as reading through the education guides when I get a free moment. 

fantastic just goes to showyou have to get dirty to get gold!

If a tree branch comes down in a windstorm on a vehicle of a guest at my house, I am not responsible unless I had reason to think that the branch was bad and was going to fall.

We are working on developing our search criteria by matching market research results with our current financial status and network.

Also, I second @Aaron Christen's advice about the podcasts - they are gold!

ben -both interesting pointsbottom-line-no blood in the gameyou are opening yourself up for a lot of grief if you are going to trust someone with a handshake these days especially a build dealif I were you id look for something else besides this pot of gold under the rainbowresearch-research-researchyoull find all kinds of cases where the good guy got taken- that would be you my friendjust tryin to give you a heads upenjoy

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The closest I could find was a SFH with a detached guest house (<500 sq ft and currently rented).  

If you want to dig into it yourself checkout IRS Publication 527: Residential Rental Property. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p527.pdfA good CPA is worth more than their weight in gold on helping you figure out the best tax strategy for your situation.