re: How do yall feel about neighborhood Airbnbs?

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hate them, but they are what they are.

Im in a town of a similar size (30k) and its destroyed he housing market. Its not locals buying these properties and renting a room out, its investors out of town and its fricked the market for locals. The sense of "community" has suffered greatly.

But its private property, I just have to deal with it.

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Im realistic enought to see that "private property "shouldn't necessarily open the flood gates for investor groups to buy 1/2 of nice neighborhoods and turn them into short term rentals.

It's strip mining where they make a fast buck at the expense of sustainable, growing long term value.

Luckily HOA don't play that sh!t

Buying a house in a suburban neighborhood with no HOA doesn’t make much sense to me

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I have a question for AB&B owners. Is your plan to breakeven on the house costs hoping to sell with a gain in the future? Or do you expect a net annual profit over several years? It seems to me that except for places that draw tourists for a week or temp workers for a month having an AB&B would not be a money maker.

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I don't have one yet but, we're currently in the market for a lake house. I don't expect that it will break even or make money but rather subsidize some of the cost.

I have a couple near me, one across the street and 3 houses down and the other on my side of the street 2 houses down. I've never had any issues with noise or anything else. I know both the owners and they check in with me from time to time to make sure we are not being bothered.

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Most “small government types” are talking about the scope of the federal and sometimes state governments. Very few I hear are complaining about tyranny from a municipality of local government. Now that you understand, are you a govern me harder daddy-type?

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It is actually the opposite. I’ve never had the federal government up my arse, but the city loves crawling up your arse, making dumbass rules, wanting money every time I remodel or update infrastructure, then using my investment as reason to increase my taxes on top of the 10% CAGR they aggressively pursue. Let us not get started with how states and localities tax cars, registrations, emissions, etc. if you want to take a piss in a major city, someone wants a nickel—it’s a dime in some places.

The federal govt is far more predictable. I don’t mind them dictating terms on things like standardized education, healthcare, retirement programs. The people have shown themselves wholly incapable of self guided systems in most respects, and plenty state leaders are populist morons. This is why we have local government as described above—preventing the people from ruining everything.

I’d prefer to have as little involvement and interaction with government as possible. The feds seem to get this more than the locals who fleece me to no end. But I get why it’s that way, people are insanely selfish and careless.

NIMBY

What uptown says.... imagine having Randoms party every weekend next door. If my neighbor has a party I'm invited and it's all good.

A buddies kid built a lake house and str was his business model to make ends meet, neighbors ran him off after 2 yrs, i wouldn't want that next door, don't.know many that would.

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It is actually the opposite. I’ve never had the federal government up my arse, but the city loves crawling up your arse, making dumbass rules, wanting money every time I remodel or update infrastructure,

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The same, brother. My city govt is far more up my arse and corrupt than the fed gov

frick Airbnb's and every other "tech innovation" that attempts to bypass centuries of learning and deserved regulation.

I want a hotel that meets certain standards.