Renting out "your" home is a bit different then having rental property. I have done both and there are many pro's and con's. I currently have our home plus two rental homes in TV. I rent only the rental homes and keep them rented about 10 months a year, but I treat it as a business and work at keeping them rented.
If you just want to rent it for the prime 3 or 4 months and use it the rest of the time yourself, it's fairly easy to do, if you want to rent it a lot more then that so it pays for itself, it's hard work. The prime months will just help you offset your costs. More then that and you need to find creative ways to get it rented, to reduce your expenses, and manage it yourself.
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