Long term rental (6-12 months), how would you handle it?

[Queta-And-Blanca0]

I have a guest who wants to rent my house for 6 to 12 months. What is better? month by month? 12 months altogether? What happens if you block the whole year waiting for the host to reserve? Does Airbnb allow you to block for a whole 12 months?

I don't want to put my house out of the Airbnb market because I don't want to deal with a "renter" and be a "landlady",  I'd rather pay Airbnb a commision to do it.

Thanks for any advice or ideas. 

[Shilpa41]

Thank you! I already replied I am not interested.

[Devin-and-Sarah0]

Hi guys, I have been reading through the comments and would like to add that with Airbnb Subletting you should definitely have a moderate to strict cancellation policy at a bare minimum.

Remember you are tying up months of potential profit/bookings without any certainty. By adding a strict cancellation policy it will ensure you get some money back if a guest cancels on you.

If you guys would like to understand Airbnb cancellation policy or sublets in detail then here are our two sources we go by.

https://airbnbuniverse.com/airbnb-cancellation-policy

https://airbnbuniverse.com/airbnb-sublet