All Forum Posts by: Chris Mury

@Jaren Woeppel Thanks!

@Kenneth Heyman I’ll send you a DM now, would love to chat and see if I can help!

I found one of my cleaners because I stopped and talked to her one day during a clean at a competitor's listing. I'd seen her there multiple times and I knew this listing got good reviews for cleanliness. Definitely worth a shot.

Ok good to know someone is running the Aeotec hub. I’ll need to buy another one here next month. Adding my lock boxes this weekend. 

Yes, I'm using the Samsung Smartthings hub (Version 3).  Samsung has discontinued manufacturing the Smartthings V3 hub (and possibly other versions as well). The Aeotec hub is an exact copy of the Samsung product and are becoming available on Amazon. I've confirmed with RBoy that the Aeotec hub works with their software.

Yup it's pretty great! Which channel manager are you using?

@Ken Boone

I do the same with Schlage Encode locks. It’s a little confusing to set up but it’s bulletproof once it’s set up.

Hey Mike, here's the link to the City of St. Augustine's Short Term Rental Program which includes a link to a GIS map to determine zoning. These links will only apply for properties located within city limits:

https://www.citystaug.com/830/...

Good luck with your search!

You can be inside "the bubble" and still find homes that are zoned for nightly rentals. That's where I would start, although you will have far less to choose from (this is a strength, in my opinion). It's hard to quantify the difference between homes zoned for nightly vs weekly rentals. There are so many factors such as location, amenities, bed/bath count, etc. Overall, I find my occupancy higher than my competition that are only allowed one guest per week.

Thanks for the mention, Nancy!

Richard, it's great that you're educating yourself on our new STR regulations. I think there are definite smart plays to be had here.

Personally, I've only purchased in areas zoned for nightly rentals. As Nancy mentioned, homes zoned for weekly (one guest per week) rentals can also be successful. The key there is location (in/near downtown, the beach, etc.) and features (pool, style, condition, size, bedroom count, etc.).

I'd be happy to chat sometime to further discuss. Either way, good luck with your investment! You've picked a great market.

 

@Luke Anderson

You could look into a “premises-only” umbrella policy just for that specific property. Usually very inexpensive.