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HOW TO PUT TEETH IN YOUR RENTAL AGREEMENT What does your current rental agreement look like? Is it the standard form agreement supplied by your state realtor’s association? Is it a lease agreement, or one that has been pasted together from various sources? If so, you are not providing your clients with the best legal protection possible. INTRODUCTION The short-term vacation rental business is growing by leaps and bounds. The industry has expanded to include not only profe...Continue reading

A Costly Lesson For Owners of Short-Term Rentals in California HOA’s In an important decision handed down last year, the California Court of Appeal dealt a blow to owners of vacation properties located within homeowner’s associations in California. The case, WATTS vs. OAK SHORES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION makes three significant rulings: (i) associations have the right to restrict short-term rentals, (ii) boards can impose a reasonable fee to offset expenses associated with rente...Continue reading

ADDRESSING BIAS AND DISCRIMINATION IN THE VACATION RENTAL INDUSTRY I recently read a blog entitled How The Sharing Economy Can Tackle Discrimination Claims, by the Law Firm Fischer Phillips. The article deals with the issue of how companies working in the sharing economy need to acknowledge and deal with discrimination claims. The author states: A recent National Bureau of Economic Research study, looking at 1,500 rides on different ride-hailing services, found that passenge...Continue reading

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