New Buyer-Agent Rules: What an Airbnb Investor Should Negotiate Up Front
August 19, 2024 — New buyer-agent rules changed the conversation before the showing. Investors still had to decide what representation was worth—and put it in writing.
Regulation & Risk News
Your Mortgage Payment Isn’t Your Only Housing-Cost Risk
March 26, 2024 — The mortgage payment was the visible tip. Insurance, taxes, deductibles, and compliance waited below the waterline.
Airbnb Is Banning Indoor Cameras. Fix Your Security Plan Before April 30.
March 12, 2024 — The deadline was simple: indoor cameras had to go. The harder task was rebuilding security without rebuilding surveillance.
Thirty-Day Stays Are Not a Universal Legal Loophole
September 12, 2023 — Changing a stay from twenty-nine nights to thirty may cross one rule while opening several others.
New York’s Airbnb Crackdown: The Permit Is Part of the Investment
September 6, 2023 — The property deed did not include the right to run the strategy. In New York, that second form of ownership became impossible to ignore.
The Insurance Quote That Can Kill Your Airbnb Deal
May 30, 2023 — The deal can survive inspection, negotiation, and financing—then fail at the invisible gate called insurability.