Update on the Airbnb ordinance changes: The recommended changes were voted on and passed out of Planning and are now with the Metro Council sub-committee.

In November, City Council voted not to allow short-term rentals in commercial and mixed-use areas covered by the River Arts District and Haywood Road form-based codes."

Being guided by rules of thumb can backfire.I've always considered being a landlord as buying a job, sometimes it's a great jo and sometimes not.If you never had the job before, you may miss some things like:A tenant has a guest over who trashes the place...Your tenant turns out to be a cook, a met cook.....Your units/house get red tagged, vacancy may be for months....Tenants die in there, little extra clean up and disclosing the death to new applicants might take longer to rent....Oh, city council just past another safety code for rentals, write a check....Your insurance is cancelled, you don't have a fire escape for the second floor....You find out you still need to evict a tenant who was just sent to prison....It's December 23, 8:00 pm, the furnace just broke down, call a motel....A greese fire just took out the kitchen ceiling.....Oh, the fire burned the electrical, the fire department just red tagged you....The next door neighbor's kid was bitten my your tenant's dog, do you still have the same agent....Notice of Legal Action, April 28th, are you off that day.....Tenant broke a faucet, the place is flooded from the top floor down....Another Order to Appear, a health code violation, the tenant's lawn mower is broken....How's that easy money going for ya?

Wife is on the Palm Springs City Council. 

I am very in tune with the political landscape in Palm Springs, and watch every council meeting, and there is currently no will to end VR's any time soon although it is always something to be mindful of.

Cons: Cleveland City Council has taken an anti-STR position for a long time and is currently proposing more restrictions (as are other local municipalities), it's very seasonal, all the houses in Cleveland are 100 years old and thus work/cash-intensive to maintain to STR standards.PM me if you want to meet up and talk more! 

So, the city council has its work cut out to appease younger, more progressive ideas/investors, as well as the long time residents who fight change.

In Illinois for example it requires both local city council actions and studies, but also authorizing legislation from Springfield too.

Here some older articles on STRs that will give you the history on things:http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/11/air...http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/12/sho...http://www.wdsu.com/article/city-council-passes-se...Here are some links to give you current information:https://www.nola.gov/short-term-rentals/https://www.nola.gov/short-term-rentals/str-zoning...https://www.nola.gov/short-term-rentals/str-licens...https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-orleans-consideri...https://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/09/ne...https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/artic...https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/artic...https://wgno.com/2018/09/25/dozens-of-people-weigh...https://nola.curbed.com/2018/9/14/17859298/airbnb-...https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/maine/arti...

If you can't find them reach out to your city council and see if they know of some of the group home operators in your area.