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The $250 Million STR Deal: What the Belcrest-TowneVacations Acquisition Tells Us About Where Professional Property Management Is Headed
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The $250 Million STR Deal: What the Belcrest-TowneVacations Acquisition Tells Us About Where Professional Property Management Is Headed

Belcrest Vacations, backed by Alpine Investors, acquired Towne Vacations for $250 million in April 2026. The deal is the latest…

April 16, 2026 12 min read
Coachella 2026: STR Hosts Are Canceling on Festival Guests. The Platforms Aren’t Stopping Them.
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Coachella 2026: STR Hosts Are Canceling on Festival Guests. The Platforms Aren’t Stopping Them.

Coachella 2026 attendees report a wave of last-minute STR cancellations as hosts cancel confirmed bookings to rebook at 2x to…

April 13, 2026 10 min read
Summit County Released Its First STR Complaint Data. What 18 Complaints in 2 Months Tells Us About How Cities Actually Enforce STR Rules.
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Summit County Released Its First STR Complaint Data. What 18 Complaints in 2 Months Tells Us About How Cities Actually Enforce STR Rules.

Summit County Utah recorded 18 STR complaint hotline calls in January and February 2026. The breakdown by violation type, the…

April 13, 2026 10 min read
Monterey County Just Banned Short-Term Rentals in Residential Zones. What It Means for Hosts in Pebble Beach, Big Sur, and Beyond
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Monterey County Just Banned Short-Term Rentals in Residential Zones. What It Means for Hosts in Pebble Beach, Big Sur, and Beyond

Monterey County voted 3-2 to ban short-term rentals under 30 days in unincorporated residential zones, affecting Big Sur, Pebble Beach,…

April 12, 2026 11 min read
Maui Bill 9 Is Law. Hawaii Just Started the Largest STR Phase-Out in US History.
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Maui Bill 9 Is Law. Hawaii Just Started the Largest STR Phase-Out in US History.

Maui Bill 9 phases out 6,208 apartment-zoned vacation rentals by 2029-2031. Here is how enforcement works, who is exposed, and…

April 11, 2026 10 min read
Airbnb Lost in France’s Highest Court. What Platform Liability for Illegal Listings Means for Hosts Worldwide
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Airbnb Lost in France’s Highest Court. What Platform Liability for Illegal Listings Means for Hosts Worldwide

France's supreme court ruled that Airbnb is not a passive host and can be held liable for illegal listings. Two…

April 9, 2026 11 min read
The STR License Fraud Problem. How Cities Are Catching Hosts Who Game the Permit System
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The STR License Fraud Problem. How Cities Are Catching Hosts Who Game the Permit System

STR permit fraud is the enforcement gap between registered and compliant. Cities like Denver, Chicago, San Diego, and NYC are…

April 8, 2026 14 min read
Austin’s STR Platform Enforcement Deadline is July 1, 2026. Here’s What Happens to Unlicensed Listings
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Austin’s STR Platform Enforcement Deadline is July 1, 2026. Here’s What Happens to Unlicensed Listings

Starting July 1, 2026, Airbnb and Vrbo must display valid license numbers on Austin listings and remove non-compliant properties within…

April 7, 2026 12 min read
Are STR Complaint Hotlines Actually Working? Inside the Enforcement Experiment Cities Are Running in 2026
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Are STR Complaint Hotlines Actually Working? Inside the Enforcement Experiment Cities Are Running in 2026

Summit County, Utah received 18 STR complaint hotline calls in two months. Nashville logged 388. Portland converted only 46% of…

April 6, 2026 13 min read
California Court Blocks Hermosa Beach STR Ban in the Coastal Zone. And It Could Protect Hosts All the Way Up the Coast.
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California Court Blocks Hermosa Beach STR Ban in the Coastal Zone. And It Could Protect Hosts All the Way Up the Coast.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled that Hermosa Beach cannot enforce its short-term rental ban in the California Coastal…

April 5, 2026 13 min read
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