Great topic of discussion! Thanks so much for sharing!

A couple of questions:

Have you ever had long term lodgers and do you screen them any differently then short term lodger.
The first year I did have a solo guy stay for close to two weeks. He was fine with my lack of clothes but never stripped down himself. I have had requests a couple of times this year for a couple to stay until they found an apartment. And another until their home was finished. I politely turned them down explaining that I prefer one or two night guests.

Would you advertise differently for long term lodge

At this point I decline any request for long term. Having a full time roomie would cramp my style a bit much.

Have you ever had 'bad' lodgers that you had to get rid of ASAP and if so how did you get rid of them?[/quot

I did have a guy who wanted to stay for a month. I agreed to try a Thur to Mon stay. He was in the area for work training from Georgia. I was bare he would walk around in an open robe. A bit older than me he just gave off this slime ball vibe. I offered him a free pass to a local museum to fill his Saturday. Later that day I got a text asked by if he could bring a " young lady he had met at Walmart back to soak in the hot tub". I was not comfy with that and told him please don't. Oh besides having an un- vetted local in my home it irked me that he had a wife and 14 yr old son back in Georgia. He left on Monday. No extended stay offered . I asked how the museum was. He had not visited so I asked for the pass back

The other bad lodger was a Spanish speaking couple who were friendly while there then left me a bad review because the toilet had rust stains and I had cobwebs and dust.

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