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All Forum Posts by: Collin Hays

Collin Hays has started 117 posts and replied 2425 times.

Post: What do you do when STR/Airbnb rules change ?

Collin Hays
#2 Short-Term & Vacation Rental Discussions Contributor
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  • Property Manager
  • Gatlinburg, TN
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Every situation is going to be unique. You either sell or convert to a different type of rental.  This is a distinct risk, particularly when you are buying in a residential area that has historically not been zoned for inns. It should be an expectation that the laws will eventually turn against you, or that code is actually enforced at some point.

In the world of Short Term Rentals, everyone is all about free enterprise, until one opens up next door.

Post: Tampa Bay Market Update

Collin Hays
#2 Short-Term & Vacation Rental Discussions Contributor
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This is a great write-up. Clearly you are best in class among the managers in central FL.  Great job!

Post: STR loophole + FAFSA

Collin Hays
#2 Short-Term & Vacation Rental Discussions Contributor
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With FAFSA, who knows. Your accountant will probably have a good idea. I am not aware of any loopholes for you.

Post: PriceLabs VS AirDNA: Which site is more accurate for determining potential revenue?

Collin Hays
#2 Short-Term & Vacation Rental Discussions Contributor
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Neither is particularly accurate.  It's best to do your own research and check calendars and rates in your peer group. We have several clients that bought houses based on some AI-generated numbers who are deeply underwater.

Post: STRs Are Evolving — Who's Building Short-Term Rentals From the Ground Up?

Collin Hays
#2 Short-Term & Vacation Rental Discussions Contributor
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Quote from @Jon Martin:

I don't really like the idea of owning in a community where all of my neighbors are encouraged to be STR owners and basically have the same property as me. Makes it that much harder to differentiate and stand out. Sounds like a recipe for a race to the bottom, unless it is somewhere with high demand that can absorb all of those additional units.


 We manage a property in this exact situation. All of the properties are basically identical, and the cheapest ones win the bookings. That has always been my beef with condos. They are just a commodity.

Post: Short Term Rental, Long Term Wealth Book Feedback

Collin Hays
#2 Short-Term & Vacation Rental Discussions Contributor
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  • Gatlinburg, TN
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Quote from @V.G Jason:
Quote from @John Underwood:

Avery has a new book out. I have just started listening to it on audible. So far I can say it is a very common sense approach which the world seems to be missing common sense right now. I would recommend reading this book also.

Brother, you are one of the most experienced folks in RE. That book is doing you no different.

Very common sense approach should've been fundamental from the get. The fact it reverts back to that after exploiting the small time frame that was exceptional is quite telling.

Lets just face the facts. There's more money made by selling the books than there are in the advice. This is just like mentorship courses, granted way lower barrier of entry.

 I don't think anyone is making bank selling books about vacation rentals.  ;)

Post: Request for Help with STR Insurance - Proper vs. CBIZ

Collin Hays
#2 Short-Term & Vacation Rental Discussions Contributor
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  • Gatlinburg, TN
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Jeremy, I would try Southpoint Risk in Knoxville. Even if they don't write policies in GA, they will probably know brokerages that do.  Ask for Sara.

Post: Facebook Ads for STR's

Collin Hays
#2 Short-Term & Vacation Rental Discussions Contributor
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  • Gatlinburg, TN
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Your ROI for Facebook ads will be substantially less than your listing on the major platforms. There is a specific type of guest interested in your property. Facebook ads are a "buckshot" approach that will likely miss your target, unless all of the stars line up.

Post: STRs Are Evolving — Who's Building Short-Term Rentals From the Ground Up?

Collin Hays
#2 Short-Term & Vacation Rental Discussions Contributor
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  • Gatlinburg, TN
  • Posts 2,458
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Vacation rentals are so overbuilt, it is difficult to imagine a scenario where new construction would make any financial sense.

Post: Long term: keeping an eye on the RealPage lawsuit

Collin Hays
#2 Short-Term & Vacation Rental Discussions Contributor
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  • Gatlinburg, TN
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Quote from @Christina B.:

Curious how this will play out in the courts (granted it's LTR) and affect pricing products used for STR such as PriceLabs (which I use but have to seriously manually adjust for very specific reasons). I'm aware that many of my competitors use PriceLabs and have wondered what the unseen impact is on pricing (viz. is there an artificial increase in our particular market because of it?). Thoughts?

BTW, I've been trying to post this for several days (ever since the article in WaPo came out). However, I kept receiving errors so am trying to post this now without the link to the article and hopefully, that works.


 any update on this?