by Paris Achen | Apr 23, 2026 | Back of House: Team Rent Responsibly, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Two months into her new job, Danielle Dixon was on high alert as the Washington State Legislature convened and momentum quickly built around a proposed excise tax of up to 4% on short-term rentals. It was an early test of her new role as Executive Director of the...
by Paris Achen | Apr 8, 2026 | Back of House: Team Rent Responsibly, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Feature Image: David Krauss, Co-Founder and CEO of Rent Responsibly, and Julie Marks, Executive Director of Right to Rent Collaborative and Vermont SRTA Julie Marks’s role as a short-term rental advocate requires a kind of social hypervigilance, reading faces as soon...
by Paris Achen | Mar 3, 2026 | Back of House: Team Rent Responsibly, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Feature Image: Alicia Pearson, Executive Director of Minnesota STRA (right) at the LMC awards Alicia Pearson ran for mayor of Lanesboro, Minnesota, because she wants the town to prosper long after she’s done raising her two sons, 12 and 14. “I love my town, and I...
by Paris Achen | Feb 9, 2026 | Back of House: Team Rent Responsibly, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
When Tereza Marks joined Arizonans for Responsible Tourism (AZRT) in May 2025, she became Rent Responsibly’s first-ever executive director hired to lead a state short-term rental alliance. It was a pioneering role. But Tereza didn’t come to the position through the...
by Paris Achen | Oct 13, 2025 | Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Feature Image: The Vacation Rental Design Summit, founded by (from left to right) Jane Dagmi of HPxD, Ericka Saurit of Saurit Creative, and Jessica Duce of JDuce Design and Vacation Rental Designers. Twice a year, the city of High Point, North Carolina, becomes the...
by Paris Achen | Aug 12, 2025 | Humans of Short-Term Rentals
When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina in September 2024, April Burns couldn’t sit back and watch. She posted a call for help on social media and woke up to $4,000 in donations in her Venmo app. Within days, she had filled a donated box truck with supplies...
by Paris Achen | Jul 15, 2025 | Back of House: Team Rent Responsibly, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
From left to right, CEO Dave Krauss, former Product Officer Garrett Dobbs, COO Alexa Nota, Chief Strategy Officer Ryan Rabideau, and John Hildebrand, Vice President of Arizonans for Responsible Tourism. Ryan Rabideau will be the first to tell you his “happy place is a...
by Paris Achen | Apr 29, 2025 | Back of House: Team Rent Responsibly, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Left: Anthony Rallo and Lindsay Bolton, Program Manager at the 2024 Spark Retreat Right: Stonybrook State Park, Dansville, New York Before Lindsay Bolton joined the Rent Responsibly team, she was already living the mission. Tucked into the postcard-worthy landscapes...
by Paris Achen | Apr 9, 2025 | Back of House: Team Rent Responsibly, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Feature photo: Dave Krauss (center) with team Rent Responsibly at a team retreat in Lake Tahoe in December 2024. Like most hosts, Dave fell into short-term rentals serendipitously. During the Great Recession, he was renovating historic condos in Boston when he...
by Paris Achen | Feb 3, 2025 | Back of House: Team Rent Responsibly, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Esmond Fountain had a sheltered upbringing, where journaling often replaced television as the main form of entertainment. Growing up as a military brat, he moved from base to base, adapting to new cultures and learning to embrace new faces and changes with a spirit of...
