We have done something very vaguely like this twice, in the sense that we rented out our house for several weeks while travelling. There are always people looki

We have done something very vaguely like this twice, in the sense that we rented out our house for several weeks while travelling. There are always people looking for three month rentals because their house build has been delayed, etc. For us, the money helped cover travel costs. If you're in a popular location, you will likely do far better than we managed. Obviously the logistics for travelling are one thing, but on your side the work you can absolutely start doing now is compartmentalising the personal parts of your house. Have a lockable area (garage, spare room, etc) that you can store personal possessions. Make it so that as many of your things are easy to box up and stash. It will help if the lockable area is somewhere you can naturally use in daily life; e.g., if it's a study, you can have all your papers in there already, electronics, whatever. Have a clear idea of what things you'll leave available for tenants (crockery, staples, in our case kids' toys). In our case, the pack-up process was non-trivial - hundreds of items of clothing, shoes and so on getting boxed up. I think that's deterred my wife from rushing to consider it again. Edit: Looked you up - yep, you're in a great spot. What a dream! House swap?! ;)