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Bicycle options to consider for your short-term rental guests

In celebration of National Bike Month, we wanted to take a look at options for providing environmentally friendly transportation for your short-term rental guests...Continued

Airbnb starts collecting short-term rental taxes in Pasadena, California, on May 1

Airbnb will collect transient occupancy tax for its hosts. New rules also require hosts to live in the rental property at least nine months out of the year...Continued

Understanding how Airbnb tax collection happens (or doesn’t)

Since Airbnb only collects lodging taxes on behalf of hosts for jurisdictions with which it has an agreement, it may not collect all of the taxes you owe...Continued

10 tips on how to be a good Airbnb host

Airbnb hosting is a business, but it depends on being a good host, which — if done right — is an art...Continued

Coachella, California, loosens short-term vacation rental rules just in time for festival

City Council members expressed concern that the rules would prevent short-term rentals from operating in the city and generating tax revenue...Continued

Orange Beach, Alabama, bans short-term rentals

The new law prohibits short-term vacation rentals in single-family residential properties for less than two weeks....Continued

How tech can elevate your vacation rental business

Not much in the vacation rental business hasn’t been subject to tech. New systems and processes can help ensure a great vacation for guests...Continued

Property management for your short-term vacation rental

Self-management is too time-consuming for many owners. A hands-off approach can allow you to hand over some or all aspects of the process to a third party....Continued

Palm Springs residents to vote on measure restricting short-term rentals

The ballot initiative would ban short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods unless the owner is present, and phase them out of over two years...Continued

10 reasons to invest in short-term vacation rental property

More and more buyers are considering short-term rental properties as investments. Here are some reasons why....Continued