{"id":66,"date":"2026-06-14T15:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T15:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liveinlandlordguide.com\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2026-06-14T15:35:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T15:35:57","slug":"about-terry-ackley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/liveinlandlordguide.com\/?page_id=66","title":{"rendered":"About Terry Ackley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/liveinlandlordguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Face-Pic-11-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13\" style=\"width:192px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/liveinlandlordguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Face-Pic-11-19.jpg 702w, https:\/\/liveinlandlordguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Face-Pic-11-19-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/liveinlandlordguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Face-Pic-11-19-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Retired Real Estate Agent \u2022 Live-In Landlord \u2022 World Traveler<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m Terry Ackley, a retired real estate agent and live-in landlord in Northwest Arkansas. For more than seven years, I have rented furnished rooms in my own home to carefully screened housemates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I started this site to share what I learned \u2014 the good, the bad, and how to avoid some the mistakes I have made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Renting rooms in your home is not just about collecting rent. It is about choosing the right people, setting clear expectations, using written rules, and creating a household that works for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can assure you, from my own personal experience, that it is a journey worth taking, not only to improve your financial situation, but for the social connections it can create for you as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired Real Estate Agent \u2022 Live-In Landlord \u2022 World Traveler I\u2019m Terry Ackley, a retired real estate agent and live-in landlord in Northwest Arkansas. For more than seven years, I have rented furnished rooms in my own home to carefully screened housemates. I started this site to share what I learned \u2014 the good, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-66","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liveinlandlordguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liveinlandlordguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liveinlandlordguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liveinlandlordguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liveinlandlordguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/liveinlandlordguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71,"href":"https:\/\/liveinlandlordguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liveinlandlordguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}