<prompt> Human: I own a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom home on the coast, right near a bay. Its a cool house, and only 1160 square feet, so its not real big. Its considered a 1.5 story because the upstairs is only a bedroom and bathroom - with the master on the main floor. Ive only owned it since October 2017.I applied for a job in a city thats about 1.5 hours away. Ive made it to the last part of the interview process, and Im just trying to plan ahead.If I get the job, then Id move to the city and will most likely rent a place downtown.Im thinking about renting out the master bedroom to someone, but keeping the upstairs bedroom for myself. Id probably only be at the house once a month, and maybe not even every month. But Id just like to be able to still take advantage of it.Has anyone ever done this? Did it work okay? What do you do about utilities? Would I need to alter my home insurance?Anything to look out for? Advice?Thanks  <response>: In resort areas, sometimes theres an owners lock-off part of the place. But usually thats in seasonal areas, where the unit is rented out weekly, daily, monthly, but in the high season they use it themselves and kept their six pairs of skis for different snows, or golf clubs or both! there. Or, maybe it has separate entrances. In a regular house, this would be pretty unusual. 