Not as Simple as YouTube Makes It Look By Lori Wyatt My journey into the world of Short-Term-Rentals (STRs) began as an unhappy accident. I had purchased a home in 2006 as my primary residence. By 2012 we needed to move but were still underwater. We decided to rent to a long-term tenant. At first, she was great, but two years in she lost her job and became the tenant