At least the process here will be harder than just a city council getting together and banning it overnight on a whim.

See here:  Federal judge gives New Orleans City Council green light on short-term rental limitsIt has been rather difficult to get deals to pencil in our area, to say the least...

Literally the only TV request I've had in the past year was a British couple that asked me if I knew a good British Pub in the area because there was some local British soccer team they wanted to watch and the games were only carried on some British channel.  

STRs in most areas make up less than 5% of the housing but they consider it low hanging fruit.With that in mind, I wouldn't be surprised that the new city council would start to look at restricting STRs.

Overall, a nice place to live, unless you're in one of the bad areas, but rents seem outrageously high and city council adopted the state's rent control law - limits rent increases to 5% per annum. 

(Investigate the presence of Fortune 100 companies and industry diversity, using resources like metropolitan council reports and broker websites (e.g., CBRE, Colliers).)Affordability: Ensure household income has grown at least 1% YoY for the past 20 years.

I now understand the island dynamics pretty well, i am also a British virgin islands resident.

(Investigate the presence of Fortune 100 companies and industry diversity, using resources like metropolitan council reports and broker websites (e.g., CBRE, Colliers).)Affordability: Ensure household income has grown at least 1% YoY for the past 20 years.

Hi, British guy here.

Can I qualify for this purchase using my husband's income, even though he will remain in British Columbia while I relocate first with my kid to our new property?