Sheldon Gardner | St. Augustine Record St. Augustine commissioners recently adopted fees for vacation rentals, and the city will send letters to property owners about how to register vacation rentals. The fee is a base rate of $294.48 per rental unit plus a fee of $73.81 per bedroom rented. The operator […]
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Branding a rental property can be a great way to personalize a space and make it feel more inviting. In a recent article from the Wall Street Journal, multiple different real estate owners shared how they branded their rental properties by naming them. Co-owner of Bluefish Vacation Rentals, Jason Milovich, […]
Photo credit: HGTV / JOHNNY C.Y. LAM From House Beautiful Renting out your property to guests is a lot easier said than done. Everything from how your listing is written to your hosting qualities to, of course, your rates will determine your rental’s success. Aspiring renters should look to HGTV’s […]
Click here to read the full article. Releasing a movie as a first-time filmmaker during a pandemic isn’t an ideal scenario. Unless you’re Dave Franco, who deftly makes the shift from screen actor to feature director with “The Rental,” his new low-budget horror movie starring an indie dream team including […]
Congratulations on your first foray into becoming a rental property owner! You’re in good company. According to data from the 2015 American Housing Survey, you’re poised to own one of 48.5 million rental units in the United States. How do you turn that rental property into a wild success with […]
Looking for your next apartment, condo or house rental can be a time-consuming process, and it may feel as though you’ll never find the right place at the right price. Scammers know this feeling and can use it to exploit consumers. Consumers need to take their time and do their […]
Rental property isn’t expensive like most people think it is. It’s a common myth to believe that you need hundreds of thousands of dollars to have a real estate investment portfolio. Between leveraging your investment with mortgage financing and finding properties under $100K, there are plenty of real estate investment […]
Photo (c) mihailomilovanovic – Getty Images Spring means warmer weather. Warmer weather means vacations. Vacations mean rentals. And rentals mean… scams? Consumers looking to take a trip following a year of the pandemic can’t let the excitement of being out of COVID-19’s reach get ahead of their need to be […]
ATLANTA – Many Georgians are starting to think about summer travel plans. While some will opt for traditional hotel stays, many will look online in hopes of finding less expensive or more unique accommodations. Unfortunately, ads for online vacation rentals are not always what they seem. The state Attorney General’s […]
CLOSE Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide A controversial proposal dealing with vacation rentals underwent a major overhaul on Thursday, after the bill sponsor stripped out a provision that would have blocked local governments’ ability to license and inspect the properties. The fight about oversight of short-term rentals […]
© Provided by WWSB Tampa Rules for vacation rental properties are being discussed in Tallahassee. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (News Service of Florida) – A controversial proposal dealing with vacation rentals underwent a major overhaul on Thursday, after the bill sponsor stripped out a provision that would have blocked local governments’ ability […]
A controversial proposal dealing with vacation rentals underwent a major overhaul on Thursday, after the bill sponsor stripped out a provision that would have blocked local governments’ ability to license and inspect the properties. The fight about oversight of short-term rentals has escalated in the Legislature as the popularity of […]
TALLAHASSEE — A controversial proposal dealing with vacation rentals underwent a major overhaul on Thursday, after the bill sponsor stripped out a provision that would have blocked local governments’ ability to license and inspect the properties. The fight about oversight of short-term rentals has escalated in the Legislature as the […]
Lake Erie Outfitters’ Paul Lukjanczuk announced he is closing his business because the land he leased for it was sold to the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Ron Leonardi | Erie Times-News A popular kayak rental service located near the gateway to Presque Isle State Park has closed its […]
A Cape Cod-based host was tidying up, post-rental, when he removed a plastic tablecloth — left behind by his guests — from the dining room table. Underneath it was a giant black scorch mark where a guest had clearly put a hot pan directly onto the wood table. Happily, the […]
A short-term rental ordinance promoted by District 2 Councilwoman Jennifer Campbell is slated to be heard by the San Diego City Council during its meeting Tuesday, Feb. 23. A staff report outlining the latest version will be available in the days leading up to the meeting. Campbell’s chief of staff, […]
TALLAHASSEE – Florida lawmakers’ latest attempt to advance vacation rental legislation narrowly cleared a House panel Wednesday, with critics condemning the move to strip away control from city and county governments. House sponsor Rep. Jason Fischer, R-Jacksonville, said his bill (HB 219) would bring “consistency” to the massive vacation rental industry, which […]
Share Tweet Share Share Share Email The last year in the European rental housing market has been something of a wild ride. Brexit has sent workers either scurrying into the U.K. for work, or out of the U.K. for work. Overall, the pandemic has frozen the typical relocation, vacation and […]
THE LANDSCAPE of vacation rentals is vast and uncharted. It’s easy to get lost in a search for a perfect beach house or mountain cabin and—between extraordinary demand and an unbelievable clutter of duds—it’s not so easy to find one. To relieve the stress, niche vacation rental companies are curating […]
With more people than ever working from home, it’s almost inevitable that at some point in a tenant-landlord relationship, a tenant will begin running a business from a rental property. This leaves investors with a lot of questions about the legality and risks of allowing a home business from a […]
GALVESTON Short-term rentals generated 42 percent of $16.1 million collected in hotel occupancy tax revenue in the 2020 fiscal year, a significant jump from 30 percent in 2019, according to data from the Galveston Park Board of Trustees, which oversees tourism. The surge in popularity this year might be related […]
The San Diego Planning Commission voted unanimously Dec. 3 to forward a proposed short-term vacation rental ordinance to the City Council for review and recommended adoption with some revisions, including loosening the limit on whole-house rental licenses to 1 percent of the city’s available housing stock. The effect of the […]