@Faraday1 We should never think of strs as a guaranteed income. So many things can happen even apart from local restrictions - guests could trash the house, requiring extensive repairs and meaning you have to cancel upcoming reservations, guests can convince Airbnb to issue them refunds for some made-up reason, there can be weather events, like hurricanes, that can lead to cancellations or damage to the home, guests can cause a disturbance to the point where neighbors complain and manage to get you shut down. Or Airbnb suspends your account due to some scammer guest claiming it had bedbugs.
And also don't be fooled by Airbnb's so-called million dollar guarantee. You will need your own str insurance. And enough savings to tide you over for a couple of months in case things go sideways.
Spend some time reading through posts here to get an idea of the things hosts have to deal with. Anyone who thinks it's going to be easy money usually gets a wake-up call.
Some listings are easy to manage, like mine which is just a private room for one guest in my home. But stand alone vacation homes require a lot of work.
