Rental solution ideas needed in leadership
Finally, someone recognized the vacation rental crisis and provided a solution. No one is against vacation rentals, but when big businesses purchase multiple homes with no desire to actually live in any, that is the problem.
Most vacation rentals state on their website to keep the noise down from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m., same as what timeshares, hotels and condo complexes require. But when the owner is thousands of miles away and has too many homes to discipline, there is no one to enforce that and vacation renters go wild, partying loudly into the wee hours of the morning.
Rod Quartararo stated the smartest thing yet, “Why not temper this speculating by limiting the short-term rentals to owner-occupied property owners only, give those property owners the ability to both live in their homes the greater part of the year, but provide some additional income that can be used, for example, for their own travel?”
The majority of positive vacation rental letters say they “live” in their vacation rental property and keep an eye on renters. This works, because if the owner is present and the renters go wild, the owner might not like it any more than the neighbors next to a vacation rental home where the owner is thousands of miles away, unaware and uncaring for what is going on in their home. As long as the renter pays them money and does not destroy their home, they don’t care about the neighbors or neighborhood.
The second brilliant statement from Mr. Quartararo was another solution, “Why not limit short-term rentals to no more than 60 days a year or eight weeks? This would drive out the speculators, provide housing for the primary homeowner and additional income for the homeowner of limited fiscal resources.”
These are two excellent suggestions. Very good thinking, Mr. Quartararo! Please run for County Council or even mayor.
Teresa Tagon
Keauhou