Hosting Your Home - Airbnb Host Stories

Join Debi Hertert of the podcast HostingYourHome.com as she talks with Bob and Sue Low, the Portland citizens and now Airbnb Superhosts who prompted the City to change their ordinance prohibiting short term rentals. A concept:  “Age in Place” 1:40 Sue starts by telling about the remodel of their home in Lauralhurst and moving to their basement during the remodel.  After living in it for 6 months they had some friends who  knew about Airbnb and who had recommended they try it.  They did, and were excited!  It was the summer of 2012. They met some really nice people, but then their neighbor filed a complaint.  Bob then said that in September of 2012 the City gave them a Cease and Desist order regarding their short term rental.  At that point, they went about trying to get the City to change the ordinance. 6:30  They researched out the status quo and found about 1,500 listings for short term rentals on various platforms such as VRBO, Home Away, FlipKey, and Airbnb.  They decided to let the City know the magnitud