Short Term Rentals

Short Term Rentals and Transient Room Tax collection

Announcing Harmari STR version 11.5

harmariadmin November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 Announcements, New Release, Short Term Rentals

Harmari STR version 11.5 has been released. Release notes as follows. Huge improvements on the main Dashboard Screen, with bubble-map User friendly case history collapsible sections, modernized controls auto-fill common…

Feed at night, sleep in the day… Vampire Short Term Rental Listings are elusive for compliance

harmariadmin November 5, 2019November 17, 2019 Endgame, Enforce, Short Term Rentals

Hallowe’en is over, but vampires still abound! I’m not talking about the sharp-toothed ones that thirst for blood, but vampire short term rental listings that wake at night to accept…

Beware of Short Term Rental Address Mailing Lists

harmariadmin September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 Endgame, Enforce, Lodging Tax collection, Short Term Rentals, Tax Discovery

Harmari recently learned about vendors in the industry offering “lists” of possible short term rental addresses. These lists usually come in at a lower cost-per-lead than our system. This may…

Top 10 Safety Violations at Short Term Rentals

harmariadmin September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 Endgame, Enforce, Establish, Short Term Rentals

In December of 2018, a couple from New Orleans rented an Airbnb in San Miguel De Allende, Mexico. Unfortunately, in the rental property was a heater that was faulty, emitting…

Announcing Harmari STR version 11.2

harmariadmin July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 Announcements, Lodging Tax collection, Short Term Rentals, Tax Discovery

Harmari is proud to announce the release of Harmari STR version 11.2. Notable features include the following: Simple Mailout report for input to mail merge Unified fitness inspection and registration…

Five Types of Tax Leakage with Short Term Rentals

harmariadmin July 30, 2019August 23, 2019 Lodging Tax collection, Short Term Rentals, Tax Discovery

Many tax collection jurisdictions at the city, county, state and federal level have arranged voluntary collection agreements with Airbnb and/or HomeAway, the two biggest short term rental platforms in the…

Traverse City cracks down on Short Term Rental violators, and plans to update policy for hospital short stays

harmariadmin July 9, 2019July 9, 2019 Enforce, Short Term Rentals

In its initial deployment for Traverse City, Michigan, Harmari STR has successfully identified 297 STR listings, with several non-compliant operators identified. The City has sent out letters to non-compliant operators…

Quality Assurance and Quality Control in Short Term Rental monitoring

harmariadmin July 9, 2019July 9, 2019 Endgame, Enforce, Establish, Short Term Rentals

For local governments, regulating short term rentals by themselves are a challenge since they don’t have the tools to effectively enforce these regulations. The process of identifying a non-compliant short…

How our Research Analysts are making a difference with Short Term Rentals in your City

harmariadmin June 6, 2019June 6, 2019 Endgame, Enforce, Establish, Short Term Rentals

In February of this year, a viral video of the 19-Year-Old Marcella Zoia tossing a chair off the balcony of a Toronto high-rise made its way across social media. Recently,…

The Endgame: The Advanced Stage of Achieving Short-Term Rental Compliance

harmariadmin May 30, 2019June 6, 2019 Endgame, Short Term Rentals

In early 2019, New York City cracked down on a $20 million illegal hotel scheme where the a small group of operators rented out 130 Manhattan apartments using fake or…