Originally posted by @Brad Sicoli:
@Eric C.
@Eric C.
@Eric C.
Wow, where do I begin?
1) we absolutely can compare Airbnb’s to hotels. If we are talking about what’s best for locals then hell yes strs are way Way better than hotels. There is a cheap motel a half mile away from me and the cops are always there. I am (and Airbnb/vrbo in general) is way better at limiting crime and benefiting the citizens of my city than hotels.
2) are my “assumptions” wrong. I have a vacation rental and you don’t. You are telling me that my experiences are assumptions? I brushed my teeth this morning, is that an assumption? Based on me cleaning my own property for the first 6 months, seeing what ppl leave and based on what guests tell me, yes I assume they spend money even more locally than if they stayed at a hotel. Don’t tell me my experiences are assumptions. I “assume” you are not an expert on this matter but you are still in favor of regulating me!
3) the question is not about legality, it’s about what’s the law should be. The law should be: what’s best for the people? I am illustrating that strs are good for all the parties involved including a third party that is often disregarded in these discussions: the cleaners and other professionals I employ.
4) again, you clearly do not own a str and yes, you made up that number. They #1 thing guests search by are by review and some guests can be very fickle. They’ve even gotten mad at me for problems they cause. There is an element of customer service that you need to be careful of. You may be able to get by renting a 4 star rating hotel, but with strs, customers don’t know what to expect so they are trusting reviews a lot more. 80%? Try 98%.
5) it seems that you are conceding my point but you are saying it still doesn’t matter because we need to regulate every industry. I pay my taxes (more reliably than my neighbors). Regulating me out of business will hurt the community.
By the way: my roi, or success, or failure is none of your business if I’m not hurting anybody. I took a sober risk when investing and yes, part of that risk is gov regulation. That remains my #1 biggest risk but it is based on people fearing a new industry. That’s it: fear. People always fear new industries abd successful market dIsruptors and look to the gov to regulate their fears away. Strs are not destroying your community they are enriching it. Live and let live!
1). Cool if we compare hotels to a Airbnb then you yourself are stating it doesn’t belong in a residential neighborhood, glad we agree on that point.
2). If you have to use the word assume a lot... did you also previously clean hotel rooms to have good comparison to spout your mouth off like an expert.
3). STR's are not good for all people involved, it's good for YOU, but as a community as a whole it is horrible. I use facts and logic with my asserations. What do you use? You ROI that you won't disclose... that's more to my point that you are part of the problem and not a problem solver.
4). Again I don't own one, but I do own a home and I live an in area that has STR's and seen first hand how they negatively effect the locals.
5). I'm not conceding anything. I am using logic and facts. Your using emotion and ramblings. Your STR is nothing more an unregulated hotel that has a different flavor to it. Once you have to start paying your fair share of taxes for each booking you will have to join the world of reality.
Again not knocking STR, but I am saying that short term gain for you is nothing more then long term loss for the community. If you want to do STR rentals that's your right, for now, but eventually like everything the government will come and get their seven pounds of flesh.
Yes you are hurting people, you just turn a blind eye to it because it’s easier then seeing things from the other persons point of view. I see your POV but I can also see the big picture and how without regulation you are hurting the community at your own personal gain.
