All Forum Posts by: Kerry G.

Thank you all for the tips all! I am very grateful and appreciative of the feedback and this forum! so welcoming!

I will contact my city's zoning board and go from there. Thanks so much Ben; Shannon; Michael and John!

 Thanks Ken; sorry for the late reply. I found the code and zoning department for my community and am in email correspondence with them. 

Thanks so much for helping pointing me in the right direction

 Thank you for your response to this years ago...I'm back from hibernation. I found my local zoning and coding department this year...have an email correspondence with them, hopefully they can help. Thanks Paul!

Im back on bigger pockets after a long hiatus; trying to start up a STR from a owner occupied 2 family home with intent to advertise on furnished finder. Been getting nowhere with zoning laws found online and in the local library for Yonkers (in westchester county) as to whether any permits are needed in order to operate such a business.

Anyone in the community who is already operating STR in the Westchester county area who can share their experience with starting a STR specifically if any particular permit is needed to operate such a business out of an owner occupied residential unit? also did you create a business entity for this operation and how did you go about that?

Any help with this is much appreciated!

Congrats Marilin,

confirming that it is a 3 family on paper with the city is the way to go. Ensure you actually get that documentation; otherwise it may be worth bringing this up during negotiations for the price of the property as it will cost you in legal fees to get it done.

I suggest spending the extra money to get clearly demarcated meters for rental each unit; remember you are likely going to be responsible for heat and hot water. Even the best of tenants are not really conscious about their water use and if they are not getting a monthly bill in their name for their electric/gas use, trust me, whatever you think your charging in the rent may not be close to covering what each tenant actually uses.

you'll find that heating and water will run you a bit-especially during winter months; so you may want to rethink being responsibile for light.

-Blessings!

Hey BP community, wanted to know if any of you have any good resources that clearly map out laws/stipulations of operating an air bnb out of a property in Westchester, NY?

Thanks for the help!

Thank you Gavin!

Im trying to be pro-active; having things in place before they happen. I will look into your suggestion.

Thanks Zach, that is a great idea, I will look into this