Short Term Rentals
By Jeff Veazey Party houses and property rights — between the people who are for a reasonable short-term rental ordinance and the people who want to ban everything they disagree with, there are people who are impacted economically. A local property manager for a small HOA, Blaise Genco, has no short-term rental property of his…
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By Lisa SieversSpecial Contributor Councilwoman Carolyn King Arnold quickly cut to the heart of the matter during the City of Dallas Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee last week: “The big issue here for us is that of property rights,” the Dallas City Council representative for District 4 said. The committee met on March…
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By Lisa SieversGuest Columnist No one wants to live next to a “party house” including short term rental operators. That said, please entertain an alternate view of short-term rentals. We own and operate two short-term rentals in East Dallas. We are five-star “Superhosts” with over 780 reviews who meet guests personally and oversee our properties…
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About three years ago, Compass Real Estate agent Phillip Murrell discovered an attractive off-market duplex in the M Streets. He liked it so much, he and his partner bought it. Then they had to decide whether to seek out a long-term tenant or try the short-term rental market. “At that point, Airbnb was big but a…
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A couple of weeks ago, I looked at a problem a few neighbors approached me with — a nearby property owner renting out a house on Airbnb that had become a nuisance, they felt, with a succession of parties. That column prompted David Krauss to email me. Krauss and his business partner, Andrew Schulz, have…
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