Airbnb Regulations in NOLA are not Investor friendly!

[Justin Tortorich]

Hi all.

Anyone doing Temporary Short Term Rentals via Airbnb in New Orleans? I have two big concerns about the city regulations: 

1. 90-rental nights per license year... how is that actually regulated? Can I get 4 licenses for one property to cover 360 nights?

2. Two guests per bedroom instead of bed.

Are there any ways of getting around these regulations? I find them extremely ridiculous. TIA

[Kimberly Jones]

They are most assuredly policing the str's much harder than we expected!! Not sure how they plan to enforce the 90 day rule because I am told airbnb will not release that info to them. The temporary licenses are good for the year, (we are expected to be honorable and cut ourselves off at 90 days) but I bet they find a way to tweek that to stop folks from cheating.

 I can tell you they are cutting zero slack on number of guests per bedroom. Before the regulations I went by number of "sleeping spaces." We have 2 beds in one bedroom, one bed in the other bedroom and 2 sofas in the living room. Our listing said you can fit up to 8 people. Didn't take them long to send us an order to drop our number to 4 ASAP, or we would be fined. A friend of mine tried to get them to allow him to omit the living room and use for a bedroom. They sent an inspector and he flat out denied. 

There is no way to market an str AND keep it secret @Myka Artisespecially since there are so many extreme haters in this city. Neighbors are gleefully snitching. @Mike Wood is right, the only way to win in this game now is to buy commercial.