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Mark Miles
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STR Tenant Verification

Mark Miles
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Philadelphia, PA
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What kind of verifications do you require from your STR tenants before they stay? I'm talking about people who booked via Airbnb, VRBO, etc... Do you request that the tenants send you a copy of their driver's license? Do you request their email address and phone number? Do you require the tenants to sign a separate STR lease even if they booked via Airbnb, VRBO, etc?

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Luke Carl
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Luke Carl
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You can make them upload their drivers license before they can book on Airbnb but you don’t get to see it. Makes sense. Would they even want you to know their home address? Would you want them to know yours? I let Airbnb do their job. 

You can upload a rental agreement to vrbo and it’ll be attached to every confirmed booking. 

Airbnb put it in your house rules. 

And of course talk to your attorney. 

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