Well, I hate to tell you this, but a place that sleeps 12- "Families with kids, bridal parties that might want to all get ready together, groups of people on golf trips, a group of couples who want to get away for the weekend, groups of mountain bikers. You get the idea. "
Yes, I get the idea. And this is exactly the sort of rental that attracts partiers who will trash your house. Even if they don't trash it, how about the bridal party getting glitter all over your house that you will spend the next 6 months trying to remove from all the nooks and crannies? Make up stains all over your nice new towels? Red wine spilled on the sofa?
Families with kids? Scribbles on the walls, greasy food stains on the furniture and linens, grubby handprints on the walls, Cheezies between the couch cushions.
This is the reality of Airbnb rentals.
You have to decide what types of guests you are going to cater to and set the house up with them in mind, not try to market to all these different kinds of groups. You want to provide a rental for families with kids? Great. Make sure the place is pretty bullet-proof. Have furniture that is easy-clean, nothing upholstered, washable covers on a couch, no carpeting, for instance. Non-breakable dishware for kids, games and toys, a high chair, walls painted with scrubbable paint.
This is not the same decor and set-up that would be appealing to a group of couples, or a group of mountain bikers, see what I mean?
Having a home which holds more guests isn't necessarily better. In general, the more people, the more mess, the more potential for damages. That bridal party of 12? That will likely turn into 25-50 people in your house. "Oh, they're not all spending the night"- meanwhile they are all taking hot showers, using up the soap and shampoo and toilet paper and dirtying every towel in the house, creating mountains of garbage, driving all over the lawn, and so on.
Of course not every group will be like this. Many might leave the place clean and tidy. But it's a crap shoot.
I'm not trying to discourage you from building a place to short term rent. But spend some time reading through posts on this forum for awhile and you'll get a idea of all the challenges hosts face. Then you'll have a better idea of the type of place you want to build, the type of guests you want to market to, and the realities of dealing with the Airbnb platform.
@Ryan2148