only one provider knows my home address (and my passport #, SS #, personal phone number, birthday, etc.)......this is after many years of meetings and after he demonstrated his honesty and trustworthiness.....
but I've never hosted him in my house, though he dropped by for coffee and chat one day on his way to a meeting with somebody else....
I always prefer a hotel for the neutrality, the cleanliness, the unlimited number of towels, the privacy, and the sleaziness......I'll get a room if they aren't hosting in one.....I don't like cleaning my own place......
many clients here happily host in their own place and report zero problems.....I just sorta want to separate (compartmentalize is the trendy word, I guess) this hobby from home