Has anyone researched whether a short term rental of a single family home meets the NY bungalow exemption from hotel taxes?

If it's serious enough they'll demand hotel stays and not at no Budget Inn either.That $4800/yr he's mad about can be wiped out if you need a new HVAC.

There are a lot of vacant lots as well if your open to building or putting in a Modular/Mobile or new Tiny Home.All of these spots seem to be great for the VRBO market as well and they are gaining in popularity over some hotels.

Perhaps you can structure a deal similar to franchise arrangements used by hotel and motel brands?

That model worked well for many years, in fact he bought an old country hotel that apparently made very little money but was always packed.

The star rating is not to tell the level of luxury or amenities like a "5 Star Hotel" would be rated. 

@Huiya Xiao Another option I would consider is passively investing in apartment, car washes, hotels, self storage or ATM fund syndications.

Sure, there are some hotels in Yucca Valley but staying in JT has a different vibe than YV and even with the hotels in YV, the short-term rental market in JT is in high demand, COVID19 aside.

The following tax court case covers it: https://bradfordtaxinstitute.com/Endnotes/TC_Memo_2006-33.pd...This is what it says "petitioners misread the exclusive-use rule of the Hotel Exception.

I called her out in front of her new husband and her adult children because she was having a nervous breakdown from crazy tenants running a homeless hotel behind the garage, tenants with horrible child custody battles duking it out in the parking lot, and tenants threatening to kill her.