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Originally Posted by shaw8700@outlook.com
Let me get this straight - the people who oppose STR’s are only upset at AirBnB’s? What about rent from a Villager or any of the Realtors who rent out homes?
Let me say right out that I am FOR STR’s. As I’ve said before, if you do get someone next to you that is a problem tenant, be glad they’re short term. They’ll be gone in a few days.
I rented here myself twice, as I expect other homeowners did, and I bought as soon as I found something. Think about residential real estate values.
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Ok, I’ll answer all three of your arguments.
1) The big problem isn’t Villager’s renting out their home for a month or more when they aren’t using their homes. The issue is people living in their homes and renting out one or more rooms to third party strangers while they are concurrently living in the home. That is not in harmony with a single family residential neighborhood or not running a business out of your home. Granted, some Airbnb landlords run a decent operation, but some don’t. Without checks and balances on the industry, Villages residents are exposed to a crapshoot of good and bad landlords.
2) The problem is that bad landlords tent to have predominantly bad tenants. Biting your tongue while waiting for the bad tenants (business customers) to leave doesn’t solve the problem of a revolving door of bad tenants. More will be following.
3) As a resident who isn’t planning on selling I really don’t care about real estate values, I care about the quality of life in my neighborhood. In fact, lower real estate values might help limit increases in both property taxes and homeowners insurance, which is not a bad thing.