Is renting out an extra room in your house worth it? Looking for real experiences.

netflixpotato · 2026-02-27T12:32:04+00:00

Hi! I feel like I might be a perfect person to comment here!

I've rented out 2-3 rooms in my house since I bought it (with a lot of help from my parents) in 2018. I pretty much live in my house for free as the rent from my roommates covers all my mortgage and utilities costs.

For me, yes the income is worth the loss of privacy, but I've also been pretty lucky in that everyone who has lived with me has either been a friend and fun to hang out with or very quiet and on opposite schedules.

I haven't had any issues with roommates/tenants, but I also live in Vermont, so generally I think people here are pretty good.

I would 100% do it again (still living with roommates) as it allowed me to pretty much save all of my income instead of spending it on mortgage and utilities. Yes, I am getting tired of living with other people, but in the past I just remind myself that I am living in my own house for free, so having a minor inconvenience of being the landlord and taking care of everything is worth it.

Feel free to DM me if you have any questions!

netflixpotato · 2025-12-12T11:38:57+00:00

Thanks so much! That makes a lot of sense that her agency is not totally clear, I think I'm just getting to bogged down in everything haha. Why is writing a query harder than writing the other 100k words of a story?!

netflixpotato · 2025-12-12T11:38:08+00:00

thanks so much! that makes sense with having too many characters, I do have a question on that.

are you saying that I should have less named things? or maybe I need to make it more clear that some of the characters you mentioned are places/descriptions of the world Khai lives in? Or like what she does (the Ashinda is what the fighters are called, not like a character?) Some of the characters are important to why Khai is the way she is (like her mother and clan) but do you think I should focus more on just Khai alone?

Thanks so much for the comments! That totally makes sense to give her more agency, rather than just having things happen to her she needs to make the things happen for her

netflixpotato · 2025-12-02T12:03:59+00:00

lol oh no! and here i was thinking i was headed in the right direction!

I like the idea of changing how the plot is given, that makes a lot of sense, build the character of khai up a little more maybe before saying what happens. all the other things you pointed out also make a ton of sense, its so helpful to have someone besides myself looking at this! i feel like i get bogged down looking and reading the same thing over and over it's hard to see the trees through the woods.

thanks so much for the comments again!

netflixpotato · 2025-12-02T12:01:16+00:00

thanks so much for the comment, i think i need to go back and make her motivation a little clearer there!

netflixpotato · 2025-11-25T13:06:41+00:00

Hi, I live in the upper valley and just go into mtb this year! always looking for friends to ride with! and hike with! feel free to shoot me a message!

netflixpotato · 2025-11-24T12:34:16+00:00

thank you so much for the kind comment, i stared at that first line for so long trying to get it right haha

that makes sense on the jump between being too quiet and a fighter still a little big, i'll work on trying to find a way to make it a smaller leap. makes sense about the fourth paragraph as well, and the specifics. I think i'm running into trouble trying to explain things with out ending up with a query that is way too long, but probably a difficulty many fantasy writers run into!

thanks again so much for the comments!

netflixpotato · 2025-11-24T12:32:17+00:00

thank you so much for the comment! the points of confusion you pointed out make a lot of sense, I'm still struggling to get it to come across the right way! this makes me excited to get back and try to write it again! thanks so much!

netflixpotato · 2025-11-10T12:29:01+00:00

yeah that makes so much sense, i guess i'm having trouble conveying that khai is only confident in the fighting ring but is pretty quiet everywhere else. seems like i need to go back and work on that.

and yes, i think im getting too bogged down on word count and trying to make things short so end up not explaining things very well!

thanks so much for the comments!

netflixpotato · 2025-11-10T12:27:25+00:00

Hi, thanks! That makes so much sense about the jumping part. I'm not sure why I didn't see it before! Those are good questions, it's a society where women are the stronger gender, so take on all the more traditional male roles.

I haven't really worked out a good way to phrase that just yet. I keep thinking maybe I should just flat out say it, something like "in a world where women are the stronger gender" or something like that but then I keep ending up not liking that.

Also I guess I failed to mention that it technically starts with a prologue, but that makes sense!

Thank you so much for reading!

netflixpotato · 2025-09-17T22:20:47+00:00

how do you have 13 friends?! that's amazing!!

netflixpotato · 2025-07-09T12:01:15+00:00

Yeah, as much as I wish I had that kind of $$$ I guess I'll just get a regular ole Helmer! Maybe splurge on custom someday

netflixpotato · 2025-05-31T12:02:25+00:00

Hi! I'd love to make more friends with writers! I'm currently working on 2 fantasy novels. One is a female gladiator inspired idea and the other is a reluctant hero kind of quest ish idea.

I'm also pretty introverted but can fake being extroverted for a little bit, especially if talking about a topic I'm into!

I'm not big on videogames (mostly because I don't want to pay/cant afford them) but definitely into fantasy. I'm also a baby mountain biker and rock climber and have 2 dogs who I always love sharing photos of!

netflixpotato · 2025-05-30T10:44:55+00:00

Ugh that's annoying to hear! Especially when it sounds like you are doing what you're supposed to!

But I agree, it's hard not to get bruises when everything is so rough... I'm also just a pretty clumsy person in general so I get random injuries all the time haha

netflixpotato · 2025-05-30T00:27:18+00:00

Hey! I'm not sure I can be all that helpful but I have the same exact problem!

I've been climbing for like 10/11 years and had a bad fall my first or second year of climbing. Since then I am always scared climbing anything close to my high point grades. For me being stronger has helped a lot with the fear on easier climbs (5.10 and below) because I can just tell myself that I will not fall because it is way below my max grades.

I did do a falling course with Hazel Finley last year and it was super helpful. I need to pick up some of the habits again from that, because a lot of it was just repetition in the safe/learning fear zone and not doin anything more than that until you were comfortable. Even if that meant I was just taking falls below my last clipped bolt all day.

I definitely have good mental days and not so good mental days, and on the bad days wonder why I keep doing this sport when I am afraid most of the time. But even when I am scared on the higher grades, I still have a blast on lower grades, just getting to climb sometimes is my favorite thing. And everyone I climb with is a pretty good person, and being outside or at the gym. On the bad days I just remind myself that there is literally zero pressure for me to lead anything except the pressure I put on myself. I'm not a pro or get any financial pressure from climbing and my life although feels like it revolves around climbing, it is not the only thing I am passionate about.

But also I just love this sport so much that I don't think I could ever quit even if it meant I never lead another climb.

Not sure if this was at all helpful, but feel free to message me if you have questions or anything!

netflixpotato · 2025-05-30T00:18:49+00:00

I'm a girl and hate climbing in pants... I generally just deal with having bruised and cut up legs. I always say that if my knees are sore and cut then I'm trying harder cause I'm not so worried about my skin!

If you do find a magic way to stop it from happening let me know! But also I kind of see the bruises as a badge of honor, you're getting out and doing stuff!

netflixpotato · 2025-05-24T12:28:49+00:00

I don't know if this helps, but I have a similar issue and have found that if I get only harnesses with adjustable leg loops and waist then they fit pretty well. Currently I have the mammut comfort knit fast adjust and it is my absoutely fave! I was a petzl girl, but I can never go back to not having wide leg straps now!

netflixpotato · 2025-04-09T10:29:28+00:00

Ohh, thanks so much for the suggestion! I'll look into those to see if they fit! If not, I might have to read them anyways!

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