Lastly, there is pending legislation for STRs in SA that will be voted on in the next couple of months.

This is the legislative process to calculate the 5 and 7 year capital gain step ups on the original investment. 

Much of the frustration with "banks" come from their having to comply with "Dodd Frank" legislation that doesn't recognize depreciation as simple accounting and only looks at the taxable income, not the free cash flow, on a property.  

We have no legislation making it illegal to sell a contract you own like you guys have in some states.

Eliminate all states that have punitive taxes or other legislation that make owning real estate difficult.Then we picked out of what was left. 

And the legislative and executive branches of our government are too busy infighting to screw us up too bad. 

@Elise HazzardAll I know is legislation needs to be updated for these dirtbags passing mutts off as therapy dogs and getting a local quack to sign off on the thing .

Here was the response I got from the assistant director-"Currently, there is no legislation that allows Airbnb’s to operate in the City of Atlanta.

Late in a market home ownership is usually maximized by legislation. 

Too many municipalities are enacting their own legislation.