Would you buy an STR house accross the street from a school?

[Michael Greenberg]

I am looking at a really great STR house, super design, remodeled, dual master, 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom, pool, etc.... BUT it's right across the street from an elementary school and youth baseball fields. There is a 6 ft cinder-block fence around the property for privacy. Does anyone have any experience with an STR near a school or have an opinion one way or the other? Good or bad? Give it to me straight.

Thanks,

Mike

[Jared Higginbotham]

Not that I am advocating for sexual predators... But in my experience, I don't know my guests well enough to know or enforce. In places like Miami-Dade county in Florida, there are now laws on the books that limit the number of days a convicted sexual predator can legally stay at a vacation rental that is within x# of feet from a school. I think this is not only ethical but god forbid something ever happen. I would never want that on my conscience.