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To answer the question, I vote for no restrictions.
While I can appreciate some of the restrictions that HOAs impose, I have always viewed rental restrictions as a step too far and a frontal assault on property rights. I have a huge problem being told that I cannot have guests over for a small amount of time simply because I happen to charge them for the inconvenience of their visit
To answer the question, I vote for no restrictions.
While I can appreciate some of the restrictions that HOAs impose, I have always viewed rental restrictions as a step too far and a frontal assault on property rights. I have a huge problem being told that I cannot have guests over for a small amount of time simply because I happen to charge them for the inconvenience of their visit
My two cents, anyway.
If you charge, they aren't guests, and you've turned your home into a business. That's similar to a neighbor who fixes cars in his driveway.
Our HOA Covenants that no rentals are allowed during first year of ownership which seems to discourage speculators. Also minimum rental is 6 months. We have several that skirted the one year no rental but it has been to family and as we have never had any issues with them, we never pursued them. Thus rentals have never been an issue in my HOA.
To answer the question, I vote for no restrictions.
While I can appreciate some of the restrictions that HOAs impose, I have always viewed rental restrictions as a step too far and a frontal assault on property rights. I have a huge problem being told that I cannot have guests over for a small amount of time simply because I happen to charge them for the inconvenience of their visit
My two cents, anyway.
It is a valid point that most municipalities have ordinances on running hotels in residential areas.. and they have hotel taxes to go with them.. But, then there is enforcement. And of course give an inch, take a mile applies to renters more than just about anyone.
If you charge, they aren't guests, and you've turned your home into a business. That's similar to a neighbor who fixes cars in his driveway.
I see your point. But I still view them as guests. Paying guests that I invited into my home. If government wants to tax those proceeds, I have no problem with that. It’s the prohibitions that some associations and governments have on such guest arrangements that rub me the wrong way as I view it as an assault of property rights.
Fundamentally, another problem I have with the business argument is that those up in arms against the for-profit model would be just as irked, I wager, if a bunch of people with vacation rentals allowed them to be used en masse by their family and friends or if a church bought several single family homes and allowed a bunch of homeless to live there. These people aren't upset because there is a business. They just don't like a certain kind of crowd that short term rentals, etc., can sometimes attract. But that, to me, isn't reason enough to trample of property rights.
I’d laugh my butt off if a rich person opened up his property to the homeless for free as a way to get back at people pushing these restrictions
Last edited by prospectheightsresident; 07-16-2021 at 03:23 PM..
Why does it matter? you do you and let your neighbors do what's best for them?
Oh, would love to do that, except many of these Air BnB renters are just horrible people.
If not for that, would not care, but when a constant flow of noisy, trashy people keep coming in and out, disrupting everything, then yes, I do care.
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