The hotel lobby is real and over-saturation of markets cuts many ways, including pissed off neighbors with greater time to show up, run for local offices, and lobby politicians to regulate STRs in their communities than anyone operating out of state.

, or elevator lobby?

Local/Regional STR owner associations as well as AirBnb and VRBO often lobby for common sense regulations.

Today, there are properties with indoor basketball courts, lazy rivers, movie theaters, and exterior spiral slides going from the upper deck to the lower deck...truly creative ways of grabbing the first round of renters.Even though my rents were steady because I had a hefty repeat renter business by then, I realized that this trend of having a large luxury home was not enough if I wanted to capture more renters.  

Cable companies have even lobbied congress to allow them to force them on consumers for each TV. 

If you are planning to come to the meetup in Addison this Tuesday, please note the LOCATION CHANGE to Hawaiian Bros 3825 Belt Line Rd Addison, TX 75001We will meet in the front lobby area.

They create standardized forms, conduct lobbying activities, etc.

I sold a property that was adjacent to the scenario you described and it was overall a negative experience from seeing strangers in the lobby area 'hunched over' and walking by some zombie like people.

Bush was in office, “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” was in theaters and C+C Music Factory was rocking the Billboard charts.”

I am part of the RPAWI and we lobby very hard (since 1974) to keep landlord tenant law fair in Wisconsin.