Any creative way to provide “face-to-face” check-in in Big Bear?

[Henry Ra]

Big Bear Lake requires "face-to-face" key handoff for STR owners, implying the Host (or a proxy) physically hand the keys to a Guest at the beginning of their stay.

I am strongly considering purchasing a property within the boundaries of Big Bear Lake and managing it remotely. Local property managers offer this face-to-face service as part of their management package which is ~30%. But this monstrous cut would invalidate potential profit on the property. Hence my question...

Does anyone rent a property in Big Bear Lake and are currently using a creative solution for this face-to-face requirement?

I’m imagining: Video calls at the time of check-in; a local service provider at a reasonable rate, etc

[Mark Miles]

Originally posted by @Henry Ra:

Big Bear Lake requires "face-to-face" key handoff for STR owners, implying the Host (or a proxy) physically hand the keys to a Guest at the beginning of their stay.

I am strongly considering purchasing a property within the boundaries of Big Bear Lake and managing it remotely. Local property managers offer this face-to-face service as part of their management package which is ~30%. But this monstrous cut would invalidate potential profit on the property. Hence my question...

Does anyone rent a property in Big Bear Lake and are currently using a creative solution for this face-to-face requirement?

I’m imagining: Video calls at the time of check-in; a local service provider at a reasonable rate, etc

 Join a big bear Facebook group, and post in the community asking if anyone in the area will do this for you

even better, just scroll up in the group to see the prior posts and almost certainly there will be other threads about this because everyone needs this service so there must be locals who are offering it!!