STR's to be Taxed as Commercial Property

[Fernando]

I like to stay in resort hotels.. I like Maui and Kaui but best Hyatt was in Tokyo.
Most recent was the Hyatt Centric near Venice.
It was modern but no pool and the gym was tiny. Expected more based on reviews.

When no choice, I would stay in Holiday Inn hotels which generally below my condition taste.
My mom used to work in a Holiday Inn hotel when I was growing up poor. Still remember her bringing home used shampoo bottles left in the rooms.
We came a long way since then.

 

[Surf Cat]

STR's "used to be" a great deal. Now, like everything else, it's not worth it to stay in one. The nightly fee you see is the hook, then all the additional fees make it too expensive

On top of that, even though you pay a cleaning fee, if you leave towels on the floor like in a hotel room, or don't sweep the floors on the way out, you get charged!

What used to be a good thing is now just a money grab. We are back to the hotels when we travel. When we leave for the day and come back, the bed is remade, new towels, a bit of a spritz up for a clean room.

Lastly, they're primarily outlawed here in the beach towns in the South Bay. The hardcore revelers staying up all night partying saw to that.

 

[Zoe]

I like to stay in resort hotels.. I like Maui and Kaui but best Hyatt was in Tokyo.
Most recent was the Hyatt Centric near Venice.
It was modern but no pool and the gym was tiny. Expected more based on reviews.

When no choice, I would stay in Holiday Inn hotels which generally below my condition taste.
My mom used to work in a Holiday Inn hotel when I was growing up poor. Still remember her bringing home used shampoo bottles left in the rooms.
We came a long way since then.

I have stayed in some pretty bad places when I was young. Long time ago. I want to say it may have been $25 a night. LOL

I have also walked into a hotel room that way more a night and went right back to front desk and said this room does not smell good and looks nasty. I am going somewhere else.

I like the Air bnb commerical with Nick Saban as landlord. Woman asked man is this what he is doing now? LOL

He gives all the rules and is mowing the yard and gets in the pool with them. It is funny.

 

[Zoe]

Duplexes are taxed commercial on real property taxes in the county I live in. The real property taxes jump quite a bit being classified as commercial vs single family residential where I live. Trump has to make up those tax breaks he is giving billionaires.

 

[Ricky LaFleur]

I think the local county assessor's are seeing all this potential revenue by raising the taxes that high. Been seeing cities that want the operators to have permits/license also, as I would guess they don't like the different feel of a SFR being used for a small motel (or they enjoy the extra fees, too). I don't think the logic is totally sound yet, though. Rented monthly is fine but nightly or weekly incurs lots of regulation?

 

[Fernando]

Local and State government imposes taxes on commercials, duplexes, apartments, and such because they are minority voting bloc.
When business taxes are imposed on SFRs, big outcry against politicians. How dare they charge taxes on their right to rent out their SFRs.