by Rent Responsibly Team | Jan 17, 2025 | Newsletters
All indicators are flashing red – BLINK BLINK BLINK – that local and state STR regulatory discussions are escalating even more this year. Bans, caps, tax hikes, operating requirements – everything is on the table. Goodness gracious, aren’t things hard enough...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Dec 18, 2024 | Newsletters
The table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction. – Laurie Colwin Last week, Rent Responsibly celebrated our 5th Anniversary (can you believe it!), and over a special-edition team retreat,...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Dec 16, 2024 | News, Rent Responsibly News
Advocacy and professionalization are team sports, and it’s essential for these efforts to earn the trust of STR hosts, managers, policymakers, guests, and the general public. That’s why this year we launched our inaugural RR Industry Council, a cohort of reputable and...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Dec 16, 2024 | Hosting and Management, Humans of Short-Term Rentals, Professional Development, Research and Case Studies, Responsible Renting, STR Advocacy 101
This year, the STR industry faced increasing headwinds that show no sign of slowing. As our top articles this year show, it’s these trying times that light up the entrepreneurial nature of hosts and property managers. We as an STR community have been asking, “How can...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Nov 14, 2024 | Newsletters
Forget prediction markets and sports betting. My money is on STR regulation only going up from here. State bill odds: Since 2021, total proposed STR bills has increased by an average of 67 each year. One in five were enacted. If these trends continue: States will...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Nov 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Thank you for joining us at Rent Responsibly’s RR Summit! We are using the platform, Zoom Events. While it’s a Zoom product, there are several notable differences that we’d like to highlight. How to Register for the RR Summit On the RR Summit event page in Zoom...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Oct 9, 2024 | Newsletters
Resiliency is something you do, more than something you have. You become highly resilient by continuously learning your best way of being yourself in your circumstance. – Al Siebert … For many of us, we fell into short-term rentals as an act of resilience: a way to...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Sep 12, 2024 | Newsletters
Networking is not about just connecting people. It’s about connecting people with people, people with ideas, and people with opportunities. – Michele Jennae … The industry’s fall conference season is underway. For vendors and service providers like us, that means a...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Aug 16, 2024 | Leadership, Professional Development, STR Advocacy 101
“As an alliance leader, the leadership side can often be lonely, and it can be tough to pull and guide people. It’s great to come to a group of people just as passionate, involved, and committed to getting people involved in advocacy,” said Jonathan Wicks, President...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Aug 14, 2024 | Newsletters
AI is a tool. The choice about how it gets deployed is ours. – Oren Etzioni, Founding CEO of the Allen Institute for AI Am I allowed to say generative AI is just ok? (For what it’s worth, ChatGPT wrote this email’s subject line…) Team RR is in the middle of a 6-week...
