@Laura2592 Forgetting for a few moments, the shall I /shan't I possibilities, I believe that everyone on the Community enter pages would miss you and your posts if you did decide to bow out, but there are always ways around obstacles, so ease don't be despondent whichever route you decide to go down.
For many years I let properties as LTRs (still have one with a long term Tenant), but LTRs can come with their own problems, one if which is one doesn't get to inspect one's property as often as wished, whilst the negative aspect of that, is that one sometimes doesn't find out there's something wrong until anything up to 6mo this has elapsed after the problem/fault, etc occurred!
Primarily because of the latter, and because of what the Tenant had done, and failed to report what had happened, I ended up having to not only have s completely new bathroom, but a new floor to it as well, as it had completely rotted through (water had been allowed to come over the top of the bath, and neither of the tenants' had tried to mop it up!)
At the time (2012), I had the option of (once those tenants' vacated the property) of either selling the place (not what I wanted to do), leaving the place empty (not a viable option), re-letting the place to more reliable tenants (didn't want to take the risk) or holiday letting - the latter proving to be the most attractive of the options, primarily because after every changeover, I'd be able to check the condition of the place, and should anything need attention, it could have it moreorless straight away (I have a very handy handyman, who has done a lot of work for me over the years, and who is most reliable as well).
Back in 2012, I was a lot younger, but in 2015 we we t independant of Agencies etc, and were full nearly all of the time, with direct bookings.
All went well until in about 2018, and quite unexpectedly, I found myself in hospital, having suffered a pulmonary embolism!
I don't know who was more surprised, .myself or my wife, although before that, I had run out property singlehandedly (other than having a Company clean our ace and change all of the bedding etc. Everything else, I did).
Being in hospital the day before Guests' were due to arrive, wasn't much use when my wife didn't know where anything was in the property, and she'd never had any interest in the place, so between my writing down all that had to be done, S we as where everything was, we both had a very steep learning curve that weekend, but fortunately all went well, whilst when I'd been discharged from the hospital, it was from then on that I always had help from my wife at every changeover (she was however also the full-time carer for her handicapped sister, so couldn't help me too much, or for too long!)
And then, just over 12months later, the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world, and with it, holiday lettings had to stop.
During the closed period however, I had time to think what best to do when everything started up again, and along the way (and at some stage), a very good friend offered help, the end result if which was, that when we reopened last year, I had a Co-Host, and not just any Co-Host, but I e who is 18yrs younger than me, far more active, and who has kindly taken off my hands, the largest amount of the physical work, as well as, to a certain extent, much of the mental aspect of everything.
Being 75yrs old, I still have entry of go in me, but not so much with carrying heavy bags of laundry up 3 flights of stairs, so I'm very grateful for all the assistance I can get.
The reason I'm saying all of the above is because trying to do everything on one's own, does take a lot out of one, so with respect, I would suggest that before your husband assumes you would be able to set up as a Host elsewhere, he should do exactly what you have previously done, so that he can assess the reality of being a Host or Super-Host, and only then decide what would be the best way to procede.
I don't know the way things go in the US, but here in the UK, there's a maximum length someone can stay before the property is deemed to be a Tenancy (ie "any single holiday let must not be for longer than 31 continuous days") and as anyone who has been a Landlord as opposed to a Holiday Home Owner will know, there's a world of difference between the two when it comes to Taxation as well as what one can claim for or against!
Out of choice, and despite having "quiet" periods, Holiday letting to Guests is - I feel and believe - a way of creating a peaceful and relaxing place for Guests to stay, as well as for them to discover everything we have almost on our doorstep here.
What's more, the lovely comments Guests leave for us more than make up for all the hours all if us put in to ensure everything will be "just right" for their stay.
@Laura2592 - by all means do have a rest from everything, and do please recharge your batteries - for as long as you like - but your husband does need to not only recognise everything you put into making your place so successful, but he needs to both start being a main part of holiday letting, but to forget all about spreadsheets and profitability until one year after his involvement, to see how he feels about it all then!
Thank you for everything, and whatever you decide to do, I know you'll make a success of it!
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