Start a short-term rental co-hosting business

This step produces a dated licence verdict: whether your state’s real estate commission requires a licence to manage property for compensation. It is the check the whole plan stands on — several states treat co-hosting as property management, some are silent, and the difference is a licence you buy or a fine you cannot. It costs about ninety minutes and one phone call, nothing else.

The question that gets a usable answer — ask the licensing desk exactly this: “Does managing a short-term rental for another owner for compensation — guest communication, bookings, turnover coordination, no lease — require a licence in this state?” A usable answer is a citation to a statute or rule, or a written statement that the activity is not licensed. The verdict page must carry the commission’s name and phone, that citation or statement, today’s date, and — where a licence is required — the course hours, the cost and the processing time.