Turning a Primary Residence Into a Rental

The decision to rent a primary residence rather than sell it has an appealing logic. Hold the asset. Generate income. Keep the option to sell later when the timing is better or when you have more clarity about what comes next. That reasoning is not wrong. What most owners do not realize is that the

How Short-Term Rental Rules Vary Across the Monterey Peninsula

Some buyers have made the mistake of purchasing a Monterey Peninsula property partly on the assumption that short-term rental income will offset the carrying costs, only to discover after closing that the property's jurisdiction prohibits STRs entirely, or that the permits the need are capped. It's

The Real Cost of Owning a Second Home on the Monterey Peninsula

The buyers who have the most ownership satisfaction on the Monterey Peninsula share a common characteristic: they knew what it would cost before they bought. They had done the full accounting, including the costs that do not show up on a mortgage statement, and they made the decision with numbers in