by Rent Responsibly Team | Jun 11, 2025 | Newsletters
You know that feeling when you realize, we can’t do this alone anymore? There are 38,967 local and county governments in the US, and yet just over 100 STR advocacy organizations ready to respond to legislative threats (see if there’s one in your area here). And most...
by Rent Responsibly Team | May 15, 2025 | Newsletters
It’s 10 a.m. Do you know where your policymakers are? Because they might be in a back room drafting a bill or an ordinance that could shut you down. 2025 is already shaping up to be the most active year yet for STR regulations. Caps, new taxes, zoning limits—you name...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Apr 10, 2025 | Newsletters
Longtime readers of this newsletter (Hey friends, thank you! 👋) might remember one of our most popular issues from April 2022: The F.A.C.T.S. of Good Communication. In it, I extolled the virtues of my then-new Wi-Fi provider’s great onboarding experience built on...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Mar 13, 2025 | Newsletters
We don’t cut corners. We clean them. – Well & Good Every great host has a moment of realization: You’re not just renting out a space—you’re shaping an experience. But here’s the challenge: How do you ensure that experience is consistently great, night after night,...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Feb 13, 2025 | Newsletters
After years of browsing cheese at my local grocery store, I only recently noticed that many of them have detailed descriptions – and they are highly entertaining. The one that caught my eye first was for a Murray’s fromager d’affinois: It quivers. It beckons. That...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Jan 17, 2025 | Newsletters
All indicators are flashing red – BLINK BLINK BLINK – that local and state STR regulatory discussions are escalating even more this year. Bans, caps, tax hikes, operating requirements – everything is on the table. Goodness gracious, aren’t things hard enough...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Dec 18, 2024 | Newsletters
The table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction. – Laurie Colwin Last week, Rent Responsibly celebrated our 5th Anniversary (can you believe it!), and over a special-edition team retreat,...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Nov 14, 2024 | Newsletters
Forget prediction markets and sports betting. My money is on STR regulation only going up from here. State bill odds: Since 2021, total proposed STR bills has increased by an average of 67 each year. One in five were enacted. If these trends continue: States will...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Oct 9, 2024 | Newsletters
Resiliency is something you do, more than something you have. You become highly resilient by continuously learning your best way of being yourself in your circumstance. – Al Siebert … For many of us, we fell into short-term rentals as an act of resilience: a way to...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Sep 12, 2024 | Newsletters
Networking is not about just connecting people. It’s about connecting people with people, people with ideas, and people with opportunities. – Michele Jennae … The industry’s fall conference season is underway. For vendors and service providers like us, that means a...
