The new mayor, like most mayors before him, has promised to "crack down" on student housing.

Luckily for me the state of Florida has state level protection which bars municipalities from passing new or amending their existing laws.That said, I am seeing cities like City of Saint Pete crack down and are enforcing their laws for the first time in years.  

The building is typically zoned and permitted for short term rental use, so there's very little chance you'd ever be banned from doing short term rentals if they crack down in that market (like they are cracking down in my market).Cons: They typically charge 25% (in my market, at least).

It's a declining biz model.....the city is trying to crack down on them, and insurance co.s are pushing back on the testing charges (which is where the profit is).

Whitefish, MT If they ever crack down on STRs in Tampa it could get ugly lol 

Lastly the real estate agencies and FTC and state AG's are really starting in earnest to finally crack down on Wholesaling the latest article on We BUY ugly HOUSES brought it to light in a big way..

Ormond Beach for instance - properties that would have been snatched up by STR investors are sitting on the market with price drop after price drop due to zoning crack downs..

The US hash rate before the china crackdown, was in the single digit %.

AirBNB is trying to crack down on this by requiring permits for certain areas (I had to show proof of permit for City of Denver for AirBNB to allow my listing to go live).

While pleased with the results, some councillors had initially hoped for a much tougher crackdown on blight, with a registry of derelict properties."