by Rent Responsibly Team | Feb 17, 2026 | Newsletters
“Almost heaven sums up our experience…” — Guest review This note came from a family who traveled across the country—including a 101-year-old mother—for a rare week together. The hosts, Allison and Richard Moser (board members of the Washington Hosts Collaborative...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Jan 21, 2026 | Newsletters
Ahead of every Olympic Games, the torch is carried across continents. Fun fact: Today it’s in Venice! The torch travels thousands of miles around the world because its journey isn’t a solo marathon; it’s a relay. The fire keeps going not because one person runs harder...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Jan 21, 2026 | Newsletters
Rent Responsibly’s core team recently spent a few days reconnecting and workshopping in Fort Worth, TX, a fitting place as a former cowboy outpost and cattle herding hub. For a long time, STRs have been described like Texas’s early days: the Wild West. I think it’s...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Nov 17, 2025 | Newsletters
Gatherings crackle and flourish when real thought goes into them, when (often invisible) structure is baked into them, and when a host has the curiosity, willingness, and generosity of spirit to try. ― Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering … When was the last...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Oct 15, 2025 | Newsletters
October is for scary stuff. But so is every other month if you’re a host. Hospitality comes with enough stories to frighten away even the toughest wannabe heroes. Experienced hosts know the plot. Things start off silly-scary – a haunted AC unit that won’t cool below...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Sep 9, 2025 | Newsletters
Perhaps the secret of living well is not in having all the answers but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company. – Rachel Naomi Remen Fall conference season is here again. It looms large for vendors like us – it means travel, speaking, and some very...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Aug 14, 2025 | Newsletters
The headlines? Brutal.The council meeting comments? Even worse.The fingers? Pointed squarely at you. Short-term rentals are once again the scapegoat for everything from rising rent to neighborhood mayhem. And with election season kicking into gear, the volume is only...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Jul 17, 2025 | Newsletters
It’s not only moving that creates new starting points. Sometimes all it takes is a subtle shift in perspective, an opening of the mind, an intentional pause and reset, or a new route to start to see new options and new possibilities. – Kristin Armstrong On...
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...
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...
