All Forum Posts by: John Carbone

In PF for the weekend. It's slower than I'm used to. I saw people jaywalking on the strip and crossing against the light, without getting run over. Not something you would normally see on a Fri afternoon. This pic is 615pm in front of Mad Dog's.

It was extremely crowded for July 4th weekend, but that seems to have faded quickly.

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I was just looking at AirBNB in Myrtle Beach for a prospective golf trip and thought the AirBnB rates offered were high. Cheaper to get an $89 hotel room to share with a buddy (two queen beds) a block from the beach and stumbling distance to the downtown bars.

that's precisely why some Airbnb hosts are falling. Airbnb host is attached in multiple front with no one helping LOL

A lot of people don’t want to stay at a motel from the show “ozark” lazy-o motel

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I have 13 toilets

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This only seems to make sense if you are traveling 2+ months a year, doesn’t seem worth it for a week.

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Quote from @Ken Boone:

My cleaner just spoke to the one of the operators at one of the convenience centers who is also a county commissioner. He stated that is it will be awhile before they stop cleaners from using the convenience centers as they haven't even started building the facility where they will require cleaners to go (This means no way that it will be fully implemented on August 1st). He also told my cleaner that they will be give them a good notice before it starts.

Having said all that, he said they plan to start stopping some of the bigger cleaning companies and cabin rental places from using the convenience centers soon to see how that affects things before they try to implement full scale on all cleaners.

Of course this is second hand info so take it for what it's worth.

Do you know if the sprinklers will be needed for sleeps 12 or more than sleeps 12?

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Quote from @Michael Baum:

It is a Short Term Rental. AirBNB is a platform.

I think anyone under 40 calls it "an airbnb" and over 40 it's a STR. Generational thing

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Sacramento, California

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@John Carbone Here is the county's press release about the trash issue:

https://www.seviercountytn.gov...

They are good wordsmiths.

I don’t have a link for the other changes (one may exist that I’m not aware of) but this is what my cleaner text me after the meeting.

A few points:
1. Sevier County homes will now be required to get a permit to rent as a short term rental.
2. The fire chief got approved to start the process to come in and flag cabins for negligence and ensure things are working effectively in these cabins. This will take about a year to have authority to knock on doors even when you have guests there if they feel the occupancy limit has been exceeded.
3. Sprinklers are a state regulation. The county is just coming into compliance with it. You must have them if holding occupancy of MORE THAN 12, have MORE THAN 3 stories, and the home is MORE THAN 5,000 sq ft.

Yes and rentals that hold under 12 people the fee for the fire o spect ion is $250 per year. Honestly that one does not bother me so much as I don’t mind paying for a yearly inspection to make sure my cabins are safe for my guests. If something is wrong I want to get it fixed asap. It’s just that with all the money that comes in to this county it’s getting ridiculous. I mean for crying out loud there should be nothing but perfect roads in that county for all the money that comes in from tourists and there ought to be plenty of money to handle the trash situation.

We aren’t affected at any of our properties by those parameters. But 3 of my 6 are on a gravel road not maintained by the county. Seems as though it should be now after all this.

So every cabin in Sevier county is going to get a random door knock every year so someone can come in and inspect and a $250 fee is paid for this?

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Quote from @Ken Boone:

Quote from @Leora Merrell:

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@John Carbone Here is the county's press release about the trash issue:

https://www.seviercountytn.gov...

They are good wordsmiths.

Is there more information on the under 12 people?

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Quote from @Leslie Anne Morris:

There are a slew of problems with this. You forgot to mention the new inspections that were passed. I had previously only seen that in city limits of PF.

Is there a link to all of the changes?

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How many of the places are unregulated and over saturated? My revenue is not off but my units are in a regulated market.

It's crazy to think that the more regulation for the STRs is a better way to go since the numbers consistently stay higher in those markets and the professional hosts keep their properties well within a standard to keep the community safe/pleasant.

My thought a couple years ago was less regulation the better, but in my markets that is not the case.

It makes perfect sense actually. However, when government regulates winners and losers, the end result in the long run is even those initial winners will be losers. While there will be less competition, there will be less incentive to have a great property, and tourists will just go to hotels……and the ironic thing about this is…..this is exactly what the local government wants! Who do you think is donating to their next campaign? The Airbnb owner who operates a small place and fights to keep more people from doing it, or the hotel chains who don’t want any competition at all? I think that is pretty clear.

Fact is hotel chain doesn't make money too. We know 1 out of 5 goes bankrupt how could they donate to campaign LOL The problem with supply and demand mismatch is hard to figure out. Most hotels vacancy is only 40% which means they have over supply as well. Maybe all these hospitality sector is overrated and very location specific ?

LOL?

https://revenue-hub.com/hotel-...

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