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Short-term rental research

Methods and findings from the VeriStay team, written for local government staff.

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Municipal insight

Norfolk Short-Term Rental Compliance & Revenue Opportunity

An estimate of the registration fees Norfolk may be missing from unlicensed short-term rentals.

· 4 min read

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How it works

How VeriStay Identifies Short-Term Rentals to an Exact Address

How we take an Airbnb or Vrbo listing with no address, identify its parcel and address, check its license status, and document the result for the municipality.

· 8 min read

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Research

How Many Short-Term Rentals Operate Without a License?

What city audits found when they checked short-term rental listings against their own license records, and what the gap costs in registration fees.

· 5 min read

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Field method

From HTML to Address: Using STR Listing Source Code for Property Identification

How location data in a rental listing's HTML can help a municipality connect the listing to a physical property.

· 4 min read

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