Any experience, I have a good buddy of mine that is running into this.

I am about to put my home up for a VRBO listing and wanted to hear the horror stories upfront.

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Posted by baldona

Florida

Member since Feb 2016

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Posted on 5/7/21 at 6:55 am to oneg8rh8r

Your buddy is renting longer then 30 days? Most are short term rentals so not a big deal.

If you are renting more than 30 days I’d do multiple short leases so you can kick them out after 30 days if need be.

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Posted by Fbohn1

Member since Jun 2009

213 posts

Posted on 5/7/21 at 8:03 am to oneg8rh8r

Go join the Airbnb/STR Facebook groups. That’s all they do is complain, and have horror stories. It would’ve truly kept me out of the STR game had I not been in it before joining these groups. But yes, they address your specific question - and the problem does exist.

I have 3 STR’s in a multi-family property we own. During the off-season we’d have snow-birds/remote workers come stay for longer than a month, and we had no issues. It was a real possibility, but we didn’t experience any. I believe once over 28 days, it’s no longer a short-term stay.

I believe you can adjust your settings to limit the max number of days they can stay. You can also turn off “instant-book” so you can screen the guests and/or not approve their stay.

This post was edited on 5/7/21 at 8:05 am

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Posted by oneg8rh8r

Port Ludlow, WA

Member since Dec 2003

2700 posts

Posted on 5/7/21 at 10:57 am to Fbohn1

I think that is our plan, all bookings would have to be done in person or have a built in maintenance window of 2 days and advertise as such and be willing to make concessions.

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