Some investors want to get paid back within 12 months (most hard money lenders), while some lenders (friends) may be OK with a longer multi year term.

Kind of a long post. 

I believe you're right too - someone from VRBO reached out to schedule a call not too long ago, but I haven't been successful with getting that set up.

For the past two years, I have been doing mid-term and short-term rentals for two of the bedrooms. 

Hi all,I am a beginner investor located in NY.

My question for you more seasoned investors is, what policy terms must I make sure are part of the policy I end up selecting to ensure maximum protection of my asset?

I did most of the work other than appliances ect it’s very small 400 square feet total so it’s like a little studio with big glass sliding doors to a patio.Turns out someone called zoning and long story short I was told I can’t do an ADU.

I am considering switching the property to six-month lease terms, so that I maintain the choice of whether to keep renewing...Full details of the bill here: https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1098

One of our staff would calculate interest principal hand write it in the book and mail it back.. that went on for 5 to 7 years which were the terms of our notes.

Probably biggest mistake was how long we took cleaning it out.