I ran into a cool website today. It’s called Couchsurfing.com. I can say that I’ve had great experiences with "strangers" coming to stay at my house for a few days. And I’ve had the fortune of other folks letting me crash on their couch for a while in other parts of the world.
The picture you see here is "The Florentine" who is from Italy and has an availble couch if you’re interested!
I think I’m going to join this website. I like the idea of meeting new people, showing them the beautiful place that I live, and saving up the good karma I’ll need when I’m ready to do some more traveling!