The problem is that there are no limits on how many short-term rentals a single property owner can operate, he said.In some Arizona cities, Drennon said, “bad actors” are buying and converting entire apartment buildings into Airbnb rentals, effectively creating hotels in residential areas and depleting local supplies of rental housing.By contrast, traditional hotels typically operate in commercial areas that have much higher property tax rates.Many cities around the world — from Paris to New York City and even Airbnb’s home city of San Francisco — have laws that limit short-term rentals to protect the hotel industry and residential neighborhoods.

TREIA, the Deal Maker mtgs(I think they still meet near RDU Airport at a hotel), and there is a Meetup here through BP that meets monthly I think. 

Vacation homes are a different beast than long term rentals, you have to operate more like a hotel than an apartment.

@Brian OrrI attended https://response.com/ 3 day seminar in local hotel.

Many cities already have taxes on hotel income (9.5% in Baltimore), so the short-term income tax seems fair even though many hotels get other benefits and tax breaks from many cities.

Hotels and luxury high rises are already going up few streets away.

My first one i was in a basement type setting i thought i was going to be in a fancy hotel before i got there the guy i was in contact with misguided me the directions so i was already off to a bad start, then i told him what i wanted to get into and i said wholesaling and flipping but this event all they spoke about was a lot of the legal stuff and how to get loans and use other peoples money no money no credit never explained much else, so i didn't really find anything out of that.

AirBNB obviously incurs the utilities (including internet...maybe cable/security), property management, and hotel/local taxes that I'm still trying to educate myself on...not to mention the upfront/semi-ongoing furnishing.

I almost always have more of those kinds of people in all my houses every week than any other individual motel/hotel in this town does. 

My group has done this with hotels.