We rented our home furnished for the 3 years that we still lived and worked in TN. We bought at a reasonable price and furnished it with excess from our home and good items bought second hand. It was available year-round but usually was only rented 4 or 5 months out of the year; the high season.
We did use a realtor/manager since we were not on site. The first one was terrible and we fired them after 8 months. The second was much better.
Bottom line is we paid for the mortgage, utilities, amenity fee, and all the related expenses (including the furniture we bought) from the fees collected during those 4 or 5 months it was rented. We used the home for 2 or 3 weeks at a time when it was not rented. We did not have damage or any significant issues during those years. We probably were lucky in that respect.
We took it off the rental market, sold most the furniture in the house, and moved in full time when I retired.
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Pam&Nick
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