How to Get a Vacation Rental License (Without the Stress or Fines) – Expert Tips for STR Hosts

The Boostly Podcast

Mark Simpson

Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

🎙 Welcome back to the Episode 783 of Boostly Podcast! 🎙In this Boostly Spotlight episode, we interview Guy from Vacation Rental License, a U.S.-based service that helps hosts secure the correct licensing to run their STRs legally and stress-free.

Guy shares the truth about permits, licensing delays, and the often-overlooked zoning pitfalls that can cost hosts thousands or shut their business down completely. You’ll hear real stories, common mistakes, and learn how to stay ahead of regulation changes without getting buried in paperwork or red tape. Whether you're managing one unit or an entire portfolio, this conversation will help you protect your business, operate with confidence, and make smarter investments in the future.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Boostley podcast. This is the podcast that gives hosts the tools, the tactics, the training and most of all the confidence to go out there and get more direct bookings.
0:08.5	We do a spotlight series on this podcast where we interview services and people that you need to know about if you're in hospitality.
0:14.8	And today I'm joined by Guy. He is the founder of Vacation Rental License.
0:20.1	This service helps short-term rental hosts cut through all of the red tape and get a property licensed without the stress. And we're going to dive into exactly what that means, but this is going to be a practical and useful conversation if you're working in vacation rental. So do listen to the end for all the tips and the tricks so
0:38.3	welcome a long guy thank you for joining me today super happy to be here thank you so
0:42.3	much for having me thank you and to get started what do you want people to take
0:46.4	from this episode yeah so I guess at the core I think vacation rentals is an
0:52.8	awesome business you know especially post-COVID.
0:56.1	I think it started to explode and people started making a passive income with it and it got
1:00.6	really popular since then. What do I want people to take out of this? Before getting into this
1:07.5	world and buying a property, look at the red tape, like you said, go on the city
1:14.4	websites, make phone calls, just make sure that your property is zoned for short-term rentals,
1:20.3	because you'd be surprised there are many, many areas in the states where they're cracking
1:25.4	down on them. So we, on our end, we try to help circumvent certain issues, but there are areas in the
1:35.1	states where you can find really good vacation rentals and not have any of the issues of
1:40.9	getting the license.
1:42.7	So if there's one thing I'd like people to take is just do your due diligence, spend five to
1:47.2	ten minutes just researching before you buy a property, find out if you could get a short
1:51.4	term rental license.
1:52.4	You don't have to get it yourself, just find out that it's eligible for one.
1:55.5	And what we talk about today obviously is concerning, particularly the United States, but
2:00.4	when it comes down to anybody,
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