RESCUE BECAUSE CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SURVIVAL MEANING
WATER TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE
LOW 80s AND THE SEA IS
RELATIVELY CALM.
THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL
MARKET IS RED-HOT AND SO ARE A
LOT OF NEIGHBORS, FED UP WITH
HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE WILLING TO
RENT OUT THEIR HOUSES TO JUST
ABOUT ANYONE.
SOME OF THE RENTERS ARE TURNING
INTO REAL NIGHTMARES.
ROD CARTER HAS BEEN LOOKING
INTO THIS FOR US AND JOINS US
NOW WITH EXAMPLES.
Reporter: THERE ARE 75,000
SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN THE STATE
OF FLORIDA RIGHT NOW BUT IT
ONLY TAKES OF ALL THE RENTALS
AND ALL THE WORLD AND ALL THE
CITIES, IT'S REALLY ONLY TAKES
ONE BAD RENTAL TO TURN A QUIET
NEIGHBORHOOD INTO THE NIGHTMARE
NEXT DOOR.
IT LOOKS LIKE ANY HOUSE ON ANY
STREET IN ANY TOWN.
BUT FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE
YEAR, NEIGHBORS LIVING NEAR
THIS HOME HAD A MAJOR ISSUE
WITH WHAT WENT ON BOTH INSIDE
AND OUTSIDE THESE WALLS. IT
WAS BAD FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.
EVERY WEEKEND.
Reporter: JACK AND K CALLED
PINELLIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPUTIES OVER AND OVER BECAUSE
OF THE NOISE.
THEY LIVE ACROSS THE CANAL FROM
THAT HOME.
THE PARTIES WOULD START
ABOUT 4 PM ON A THURSDAY OR
FRIDAY AND THEY WOULD END
SUNDAY MORNING ABOUT 11 AM.
Reporter: RECORDS SHOW THE
19-YEAR-OLD MILLION DOLLAR HOME
OFF 7th STREET IS OWNED BY LAND
TRUST COMPANY BUT IT IS RENTED
OUT.
JACK AND GAY TELL ME THE
CURRENT RENTERS ARE GREAT BUT
BEFORE, THEY TELL ME THE GUY
WHO RENTED THE HOUSE RENTED IT
TO OTHERS FOR $1000 A DAY.
IT WAS A NIGHTMARE.
WE'RE TALKING LOUD, VULGAR.
CURSING.
DRUGS.
IT WAS REALLY OUT OF CONTROL.
Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEY CAME
HERE OR CHECKED IN AT THIS HOME
MORE THAN 250 TIMES IN ONE
YEAR.
AND TERRA VERDE, THE PROBLEM
WAS NICE BUT IN THIS HOME JUST
DOWN THE STREET, THE PROBLEM
WAS PARKING.
THERE WAS A HUGE PARTY AND
PEOPLE WERE PARKED ALL ALONG
BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.
HITS A $3.5 MILLION WATERFRONT
PROPERTY OFF HOMER STREET.
THERE WERE TOO MANY CARS.
Reporter: FRANK MAY LIVES
DOWN THE ROAD.
HE WAS ANNOYED THAT CARS WERE
EVERYWHERE.
THEY WOULD PARKED PARTIALLY
IN FRONT OF IT.
IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING AND MY
NEIGHBORS WERE FRUSTRATED
BECAUSE SOME OF THEM, THEY WERE
BLOCKED.
Reporter: AND EXPERTS TELL ME
THE BIGGEST THREE PROBLEMS WITH
SHORT-TERM RENTALS THROUGH
COMPANIES LIKE AIRBNB, HOMEBOY,
OR CRAIGSLIST, TRAFFIC, TRASH,
AND NOISE.
THIS EXPLOSION OF SHORT-TERM
RENTALS HAS CREATED AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE KNEW THE
-- WHERE WE NEED NEW RULES OF
THE ROAD.
Reporter: CEO OF NOISE AWARE
STARTED HIS OWN COMPANY AFTER
HE EXPERIENCED HIS OWN NOISE
PROBLEM.
HE DEVELOPED A COMPANY THAT
MONITORS THE NOISE.
IF THE NOISE BREACHES THAT
THRESHOLD, THEY WILL BE
NOTIFIED AND IN A HOSPITABLE,
FRIENDLY REMINDER KIND OF WAY,
BUT THEIR GUESTS KNOW THAT THIS
IS A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.
Reporter: AND IF YOU LIVE
NEXT DOOR TO A RENTAL WITH A
NIGHTMARE NEIGHBOR, WHAT CAN
YOU DO?
AIRBNB AND HOMEBOY HAVE A
ONE 800 NUMBER FOR NEIGHBORS TO
CALL.
Reporter: OR YOU CAN DO WITH
THESE NEIGHBORS DID.
I HOPE NO ONE GOES THROUGH
WHAT WE WENT THROUGH.
IT WAS PRETTY ROUGH.
Reporter: JUST CALL THE COPS.
AND IF YOU ARE RENTING YOUR
HOME AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE
YOU CUT DOWN ON THOSE PROBLEMS,
TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT YOUR
RENTAL PLANS.
KIND OF A HEADS-UP FOR THEM.
BE AVAILABLE WHEN YOU'RE SHORT-
TERM RENTERS ARE IN YOUR HOME SO
IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS, YOU ARE
ACCESSIBLE.
YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP IT DOWN.
IS THE BAY AREA A POPULAR
PLACE FOR THESE RENTALS?
YES AND NO.
I FOUND A LIST OF TOP CITIES.
ONE, TWO AND THREE ARE
KISSIMMEE, MIAMI AND MIAMI
BEACH.
ST. PETE COMES IN AT NUMBER
SEVEN.
ALSO, IF YOU ARE GOING TO RENT
A SHORT-TERM PLAYS, JUST BE
RESPECTFUL OF YOUR NEIGHBORS.
JUST THINK ABOUT IT AS THE SHOE
ON THE OTHER FOOT.
IF YOU ARE HOME, WOULD YOU WANT
PARTYING AND NOISE ALL NIGHT?
YOU WOULD NOT.
COMMON COURTESY GOES A LONG
WAY.
THANK YOU.
ROD CARTER REPORTING.
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