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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I think you would do better just renting out your apartment and then paying a competitive wage for your nanny.

If you don't need live-in flexibility it's cleaner to keep landlording separate from supervising a nanny.  What if the nanny doesn't work out as your nanny and you need to make a change, or he/she gets a different job but wants to keep the apartment, or she damages the apartment but is a great nanny, or the nanny you really love for your kids/family doesn't need housing, or the nanny you want has pets and you don't want that in your apartment, etc...

I think you will limit the pool of prospective nannies quite dramatically if you advertise for minimum wage plus a 1 br apartment.  With young twins and a newborn you will want someone pretty skilled and competent, so I don't think you should limit your hiring options that much off the bat.

I'm a mom to twins, who employs a nanny, and also rents out my former home.  I can easily envision nightmare scenarios of conflicts or less than perfect fits with tenants or nannies, let alone when one person is both.

Good luck!

Oh - and put something on your neighborhood listserv, the nearby listservs if you know someone who will post for you, the MCPOM board if you're a member (if you're not - Montgomery County Parents of Multiples), etc...[/quote]

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