All Forum Posts by: Kyle Westerman

Here to update the thread.  The proposed timeline (by the planning committee, not the commissioners who would vote it into effect) was shared at the end of the March 4th discussion.  Here are the dates proposed.  

March 18th public comment (already passed)

April 1 final working session to finalize the proposed language

April 22nd public hearing where they will vote on the proposal

TBD dates - sent to commissioners for review and public hearing to vote on the proposal. 

This cannot get passed through until the commissioners review and choose to vote on the bill.  The entire timeline is hazy since those dates have not come into focus yet.  

A majority of the sentiment from the listening session on the 18th was in favor of STRs and there were a lot of people who shared personal stories of their rentals or their business which support their life, family, and future retirement of inheritance for their families. 

Hope that helps anyone else if you're following along or interested in these discussions. 

Here to update the thread.  The proposed timeline (by the planning committee, not the commissioners who would vote it into effect) was shared at the end of the March 4th discussion.  Here are the dates proposed.  

March 18th public comment (already passed)

April 1 final working session to finalize the proposed language

April 22nd public hearing where they will vote on the proposal

TBD dates - sent to commissioners for review and public hearing to vote on the proposal. 

This cannot get passed through until the commissioners review and choose to vote on the bill.  The entire timeline is hazy since those dates have not come into focus yet.  

A majority of the sentiment from the listening session on the 18th was in favor of STRs and there were a lot of people who shared personal stories of their rentals or their business which support their life, family, and future retirement of inheritance for their families. 

Hope that helps anyone else if you're following along or interested in these discussions. 

 Hello Kyle and welcome to the BP forums!

Great questions...

I would prepare by trying to find out who all will be at the networking event. Find out which business will be hosting, sponsoring, attending. 

As far as outcomes... the goal would be to simply make quality connections with people and exchange some form of contact information with those quality connections. Thats the first step... step 2 is the hardest which is to keep in touch with everyone.

This is not to be mistaken with the act of printing dozens of business cards and handing them out to everyone you shake hands with. In my opinion, that is a total waste.

Instead, I would pay 100% attention to who I am speaking with at the time, remember their name, remember 1-2 talking points about them. Contribute to the conversation but try not to take over... let them speak the majority of the time and ask questions... get curious!

If the conversation is substantial, add them on social media, collect their name, email & phone number and share yours as well. 

If speaking with another STR owner, I would introduce myself as a fellow investor/STR owner. If you get a sketchy vibe from anyone, no need to divulge too much information but my guess is that sketchy people would not want to check out a networking event in a small community. Again, get curious about the people you're speaking with. If the conversation gears towards STRs, share 1-2 tips/anecdotes that can add value to them... the same can be applied to other business owners/contacts made during the meeting.

You can't go wrong with adding value and expressing genuine interest in what others have going on.

You may not have much time to read these before your meeting... but below are 2 books that have changed the way I look at networking events... you can also search these on Youtube for book summaries!

- How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie

- Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi

Keep us posted on how it goes at the meeting!

Abel