Digital Staging: Creative or Misleading?
What is Digital Staging? Many real estate agents have heard of home staging, where professionals arrange furniture and artwork in rooms to make them look more presentable and enticing for potential buyers. But now, there's another cost-effective option that doesn't involve the moving of heavy...
What is an Escalation Clause?
Have you ever wondered how some buyer’s agents consistently get the job done for their client, even in competitive markets? Typically, these results are achieved through relationships, shrewd negotiation, and understanding how to write a purchase contract to benefit their buyer, but there is one...
Setting Up A Short Term Rental In Louisville KY
Navigating the short-term rental legal process Setting up a short-term rental listing in Louisville, KY is not as difficult as you would think. Many parts of the country are plagued by heavy regulation that can increase the barriers-to-entry for newcomers and those unfamiliar with the process....
Short Term Rental Technology Overview
A quick survey of guests who commonly stay at short-term rental properties will likely indicate that if there was anything particularly frustrating with their stay, it would be something having to do with technology. Maybe they couldn’t figure out how to turn the TV on. Or they couldn’t get the...
Maintaining A 5 Star Short Term Rental Landscape
Operating a short term rental property can be time consuming. Most operators maintain full time jobs, families, and other obligations outside of being amazing hosts and providing a 5 star experience to every guest that walks through the door. Maintaining a 5 star short term rental landscape is...
Louisville Beer: A Top 10 Global Destination
Louisville has long been associated with bourbon, but another scene is starting to gain significant traction: beer. Louisville is home to a burgeoning brewery scene with new breweries emerging left and right. Vine Pair Magazine recently named Louisville’s beer scene one of the top 10 in the world...
Smoke Detector Regulation for Short Term Rentals in Louisville KY
Smoke Detector Regulation for Short Term Rentals in Louisville KY Ordinance 156.202 In all dwelling units, smoke detectors powered by a hard wire AC primary power source or a self-monitored, non-removal ten-year lithium battery shall be installed and maintained after the effective date of this...
Airbnb and City of Louisville Reach Tax Collection Agreement
A press release was sent out by the City of Louisville this morning announcing they have reached an agreement with Airbnb to collect and remit the 8.5% hospitality/bed tax on every guest reservation made through Airbnb. Under Airbnb’s current agreement with the state, taxes are added to...
Choosing the Right Bed for Short-Term Rentals
After hours of traversing around a new city, the guests of your short-term rental will be left longing for a comfortable bed and a good night’s rest. Being able to provide the right bed for short-term rentals could well solidify that all-important five-star review! Luckily for you, we’ve broken...