I travel a lot for work. Last year I ended up in Arizona for several months. Since I’m independent, I don’t stay in corporate-rate hotels. Air BnB’s or short term furnished rentals seem to be the cheapest way to stay somewhere without actually living there. I also travel as light as I can, except for my gear and an old Martin acoustic I bring to practice on. I can hop from a Holiday Inn to an AirBnB to an RV at a camp site in 3 days time and not be bothered by it.
In Flagstaff, a sympathetic firefighter/owner saw me booking multiple dates at two of his properties and messaged me about it. We talked, worked out a deal for two months at the town home he used to live in that was in the process of being converted to a rental. If I didn’t mind some workers there during the day, I’d be able to stay for two months at a great rate. Win for both of us.