Short Term Rentals

With Airbnbs Unchecked, The City of Dallas Stands to Lose Millions in Tax Revenue From Short-Term Rentals

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / January 4, 2022 /

“We’ve called the police at least two dozen times,” said Dave Norman. “I have a file as thick as my forehead.” Norman lived across the alley from a short-term rental (STR)  “party house” off Meadow Road, and his 12-year-old daughter was continually subjected to loud (and lewd) rap music through her bedroom walls, which bordered…

Airbnb ‘Home Alone’ House Available to Rent, But Case Out the Rules First

By Tommy Cummings / December 7, 2021 /

Wake up your inner Kevin McCallister and be ready to deal with Buzz. Airbnb is running a marketing special for the holidays: the Home Alone house.

An Airbnb Nightmare: Loud Parties, Drugs, And Absent Hosts Make a Perfect Storm in Oak Lawn

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / September 17, 2021 /

It’s 4 p.m. — do you know who your neighbors are? Four in the afternoon can be an anxiety-ridden time of day for Ken Ray.  That is when he finds out who the latest crop of “guests” will be moving into the condos next door. Next door is supposed to be an Airbnb, but, with…

Get Out of Town to a Texas Luxury Vacation Property !

By Karen Eubank / July 17, 2021 /

If you need a proper vacation but don’t want to leave the country, you can still have a great time in Texas. This month we found a great luxury vacation property in San Antonio and a very romantic one in Fredricksburg. Family Reunion? Inn on the Riverwalk Is Perfection Who doesn’t love the San Antonio…

North Dallas Airbnb Gets Totally Trashed After a Party Ends Early, Gunshots Fired

By Candy Evans / June 19, 2021 /

An Airbnb host’s worst nightmare happened to a home in North Dallas last weekend: DTX-TV reported and posted two videos of the wild parties in a North Dallas neighborhood. The property is located at 15816 Spring Creek Road in Richardson Heights Estates, which is off Coit Road near Arapaho. The party-goers trashed the house. Video…