I haven’t spoken explicitly to our landlord, since we live in a large apartment complex. Thankfully, we have Butterfly MX and other apps to “add guests” for temporary access to our home, so we’ve never had to explain why there are people other than the tenants on the lease staying in our apartment. If I was ever confronted about it, I’d simply approach it as they are short-term guests of mine.

I have never mentioned home swapping to my landlord, luckily my place has a private entrance so with a lockbox a guest can enter on their own. I am allowed to have family/friends stay over so I just ask the guest to say they are a friend if anyone asks but I’ve never run into issues!

I never mentioned Kindred outright but I have mentioned house swapping as a concept (as I started before I was a member here). The main information he cared about was whether I was subletting the place/doing this for profit, I said it was not like Airbnb and there was no cash compensation for it and he never cared/brought it up again.

Hi Nikki! A lot of Kindred members who rent their homes have found it helpful to explain that Kindred is not a short-term rental—there’s no money exchanged, and it’s more like a friend housesitting. Home swapping is usually seen by most jurisdictions as different from renting or subletting, though it can vary and also depend on your lease or HOA rules. We always suggest checking those, but most members find that landlords and neighbors are fine with a trusted guest staying while they’re away, as long as it's not a paid rental.