All Forum Posts by: Scott Schuhwerk

Hi Kathleen, 

I have a STR in Truckee and a lot of our visitors have been from the Bay Area so I had my electrician put in a 50 amp plug in our garage as that is what we have at our primary residence. At home we plug the tesla charging cord and adaptor into the 50 amp plug and charge daily with that but I haven't been able to buy another one of those for Truckee since they have been sold out. I mention in my marketing, in my short term rental agreement and in my welcome email that if they have a EV to bring their own charging cord/adapter since there are multiple types of EV's that use different cords and I haven't ran into any issues and not too sure how many people have even used it in the past 8-9 months that we have had the plug installed.

From a marketing perspective I believe it helps as there is a filter to search for homes with EV chargers in Airbnb and I list it on my VRBO listing (plus we use it when we are there so that is a plus) 

I still want to buy a charging cord and if I can't get one from Tesla I was looking at this one on Amazon 

 Mark, @Mark Miles do you use a specific offshore VA team/company or did you hire individually off sites like Upwork, bestonlinejobs, etc?

I am not in Phoenix but I would love to be in on this if you guys end up taking this or any future meetups virtual 

Hi Mathew, I am a lender in CA and we handle a lot of second home loan financing, which can be done either as 1 loan up to 90% LTV or to break up to two loans to remove some of the larger new hits (LLPAs) Fannie Mae has imposed on 2nd home loans , a 70 1st and 20 2nd or 75-15% are both good options.

I am happy to answer any questions you have. 

Thank you

Looking at areas throughout CA, just doing research right now to find an area to focus on, Yosemite, Three Rivers, Truckee are a few I have been looking at. 

I was just on their website looking at the permit process:

CityofSac-STR Permit

Looks like 90 days max until you get a conditional use permit but still reading as it seems a little unclear:

A short-term vacation rental may operate from a location that is not the operator's primary residence for a total of 90 days in a calendar year. After the operator exceeds 90 days in a calendar year, the conditional use permit process must be started. Until the conditional use permit is applied for, an operator of a short-term rental is required to apply for a short-term rental permit. An annual business tax as a hotel of $50 and collection and remittance of transient occupancy tax of 12% from renters is required of all short-term vacation rental operators.

@Himanshu Singh did you ever end up purchasing in this area or connecting with any good agents? I was saw this area, Yosemite and Three Rivers all on an AirDNA list of popular STR markets to purchase in, curious about any feedback you have got so far.

Hi @Joseph Goode I didn't see any responses on this so I wanted to see if anyone did get back to you via PM as I am interested in this topic as well. I have a STR in Truckee that has done very well and I am looking for another STR, was thinking of the Sacramento market but I hear conflicting info on the permit process and the ability to rent it out for more than 90 days a year as a STR.