I rent three rooms out in my house . I’ve had a mixed bag of guests over the last three years . I rent the rooms to long term guests moving to the Bay Area that are either interns, traveling medical staff or refinery workers , or just people relocating here who stay while they find more perment housing . I’ve had a murderer , sex phone worker , felon freah out of prison , the latest challange was a prescription drug addict along with 90% regular guest without personal issues . They all were very nice even the challenged people and there was no way to know their background before they came . But seeing the photo they use to put their best foot forward went a long way .... I’m scared to keep doing homesharing through Airbnb at this point and I’m looking at other services I may switch to but up until now I LOVED Airbnb . Raved about Airbnb to all my friends , mentored other hosts into the business , used it for travel myself .
Im interviewing a couple of potential guest now and we will see if I can get over this hurdle and take a chance on one of them but right now I’m leary without seeing their photos first