Room rentals? Why would you want to make your home into a boarding house? Maybe you shouldn’t. I enjoyed having people living in my house, and most of them became friends. On the other hand, you might not like that arrangement. I hated being a landlord when I owned rentals that were not my home. Each of us is different.
Consider Your Room Rental Options
You don’t necessarily have to live with the room-renters, so consider all the options available. You could do any of the following:
1. Rent rooms in your own home and share common space with the renters. This is what I did for several years when I was single, and it worked fine for me.
2. Partition your home so you can rent rooms without sharing common space.You’ll need at least two bathrooms, and separate entrances to make this work.
3. Add an efficiency apartment for yourself, so you can have privacy, perhaps still sharing a laundry room with the renters. This is what we did when I married. It also opened up one my previous bedroom, increasing the rental income enough to pay for the new apartment in less than a year.
4. Buy a house just to rent it out by the...