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What Is STR in Real Estate? Here’s What Investors Should Know

Bay Property Management Group

In this guide, we’ll break down what STR means, why it’s booming, its pros and cons, and how it stacks up as an investment property in 2025. As the name suggests, these are properties leased out for short periods—usually 30 days or less. many owners rely on rental property management in Washington D.C. In busy markets like D.C.,

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New Florida laws for summer 2025: Is your condo impacted?

Condo Control

If the bylaws are silent as to the location, the meeting must be held within 15 miles of the condominium property or within the same county as the condominium. The location must be provided in the association’s bylaws.

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Mastering UK Vacation Rentals: How an Airbnb Channel Manager Fuels Direct Bookings

Zeevou

An Airbnb channel manager is an essential tool for UK property managers seeking to streamline operations across multiple booking platforms. It’s the cornerstone for maximising your property’s visibility, ensuring operational excellence, and, most importantly, significantly boosting your direct bookings.

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Hospitality Trends 2025: What the Direct Booking Report Reveals

Zeevou

With over 40% of hotel bookings expected to be direct by 2028, guest-focused strategies are clearly gaining momentum in travel. These savings can be reinvested into improving the guest experience, enhancing the property, or boosting marketing efforts.

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The tax cuts and jobs act is set to end—Here’s what it means for property managers in 2025

Buildium

Since 2018, property managers have been able to take advantage of various tax breaks authorized by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). But which TCJA provisions impact property managers? For example, if you earn $100,000 in QBI from your property management business, you could deduct $20,000 ($100,000 x 0.2).

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Compliance Playbook For US Companies In Response To Europe’s CSRD

Forbes Business Council

Having already started and phasing in through 2028, the CSRD will apply to over 50,000 companies, including thousands of U.S.-based companies with European operations—whether through subsidiaries, branches or major supply chains—will be swept up in the CSRD’s broad reporting requirements. And the clock is ticking. based firms.

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Addressing Data Centers’ Cooling Challenges

Forbes Business Council

That figure represents a tripling of demand over the last ten years, and it could be as high as 12% by 2028. According to the Department of Energy, data centers consumed 176 terawatt hours of power (TWh) in 2023, or 4.4% of total U.S. electricity use.