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Why not an HOA?

  • October 22, 2026
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SaltyOakOKI
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I'm imagining there has to be a way to create an HOA for my single-family home short-term rental that's already held in an LLC and further owned by a holding company. 

It may be some legal gymnastics, but I insist on having ID verification and a rental agreement for my luxury coastal short-term rental that has a pool and a hot tub. 

As I read it, my state of North Carolina has the North Carolina’s Vacation Rental Act (N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 42A-4, 42A-10, and 42A-11) and applies to ABB’s new rules [As I understand it, a compliant written vacation rental agreement is required for covered residential stays of fewer than 90 days for vacation, leisure, or recreation, where guests have a permanent residence they intend to return to] - but now I'm wondering how to enforce age and ID verification.  I'm thinking an HOA covenant could require that and further reinforce my rental agreement. 

Anyone know a great real estate attorney in the state of North Carolina?  I'd love to engage with someone to review my current rental agreement and advise on setting up an HOA. 

Ultimately hoping Hospitable can provide some high-level guidelines on the guest web page, ID verification, security deposits, and rental agreements in this new Airbnb environment...

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Petra Podobnik
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Hi ​@SaltyOakOKI!

I'll leave the HOA-related part of your question to fellow hosts who may have more experience with this. 

As for the new guidelines, we don't have full clarity just yet, but our team will be meeting with Airbnb to discuss the changes, so we hope to have more answers soon.

In the meantime, keep an eye on Community announcements, and join us for next week's Town Hall on October 28, where we may have more updates to share.


Eli Stoughton
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  • October 22, 2026

I'm imagining there has to be a way to create an HOA for my single-family home short-term rental that's already held in an LLC and further owned by a holding company. 

 

I think that this would be quite costly. It is worth doing the research, but it seems like a rather crazy step to take. There is still the possibility that this gets watered down over the next several weeks.