Parents purchased a property in La Quinta, California, for their son and wife to live in while they worked as professors at a nearby college. The son and his wife lived in the home for years but moved when they were offered higher paying positions in San Diego County.
The parents decided to retain ownership of the home and offer it on an online site as a short-term rental. They were lucky to have great tenants (such as traveling nurses during COVID), until they were not.
In October 2022, an offer to rent the property came in from a husband and wife for short term housing, “while they looked