My husband and I previously owned a sweet little rental in our home a few miles away, and we absolutely loved hosting travelers, retirees, business executives, travel nurses, etc. So, when we moved to this location, the first thing we did was to build out another rental apartment, so that we could continue hosting. And, it's been wonderful. This property has allowed us to expand our family (out into one of our two barns:), so we now have 2 Great Pyrenees whose job it is to guard the barn kitty, 20 chickens and 4 goats. It's like a mini petting zoo, where you are welcome to wander into the fenced in barnyard or the pastures at anytime, and collect your own fresh eggs or play with the goats and dogs.
Mario manages a restaurant, and is a great cook, and I am retired from 43 years working in Emergency Services, and now create goofy watercolor and ink greeting cards, inspired by my barnyard animals.