Minnesota Vacation Rental Association http://www.mnvra.org Advocating for MN Vacation Rental Owners, Managers, Guests & the Community Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:39:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Douglas County Appeal of Zoning Ordinance http://www.mnvra.org/douglas-county-appeal-of-zoning-ordinance/ http://www.mnvra.org/douglas-county-appeal-of-zoning-ordinance/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:39:53 +0000 Alicia http://www.mnvra.org/?p=301 Douglas County tried to define a vacation rental home as a resort to terminate the owners renting of the property to guests on a short term basis. The courts sided with the homeowner. Read the judge’s opinion.

Read the court case.

]]> http://www.mnvra.org/douglas-county-appeal-of-zoning-ordinance/feed/ 0 MNVRA Responds to the Minnesota Department of Health http://www.mnvra.org/mnvra-responds-to-the-minnesota-department-of-health/ http://www.mnvra.org/mnvra-responds-to-the-minnesota-department-of-health/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:04:39 +0000 Alicia http://www.mnvra.org/?p=294 With the assistance of Larkin Hoffman, MNVRA writes a letter on the concerns of short term rental home owners in regards to Department of Health regulations.

Download and read the letter.

]]> http://www.mnvra.org/mnvra-responds-to-the-minnesota-department-of-health/feed/ 0 Letter to Lake County in response to temporary moratorium. http://www.mnvra.org/letter-to-lake-county-in-response-to-temporary-moratorium/ http://www.mnvra.org/letter-to-lake-county-in-response-to-temporary-moratorium/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:58:27 +0000 Alicia http://www.mnvra.org/?p=291 MNVRA takes action to support the rights of home owners by working with Larkin Hoffman to alert Lake County officials that their temporary moratorium infringes on property rights. Download and read the letter.

]]> http://www.mnvra.org/letter-to-lake-county-in-response-to-temporary-moratorium/feed/ 0 USA Today: “Get a Great Deal on a Vacation Rental” http://www.mnvra.org/usa-today-get-a-great-deal-vacation-rental/ http://www.mnvra.org/usa-today-get-a-great-deal-vacation-rental/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:43:59 +0000 Alicia http://www.mnvra.org/?p=183 “As the economy heads south, vacation rentals are more recession-proof than hotels because you get a much better value,” says Baer Tierkel of Otalo.

Follow this link to a recent USA Today article on why vacation rentals are a great value and becoming more popular in this economy.

]]> http://www.mnvra.org/usa-today-get-a-great-deal-vacation-rental/feed/ 0 Minnesota Department of Tourism Report http://www.mnvra.org/minnesota-department-of-tourism-report/ http://www.mnvra.org/minnesota-department-of-tourism-report/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:45:16 +0000 Alicia http://www.mnvra.org/?p=185 The Minnesota Legislature is currently considering new laws and regulations that will have a long term impact on every individual’s opportunity to rent their property as a vacation home rental. It is especially important for each of us to be proactive right now. Below you will find a report from the Minnesota Department of Tourism that has brought forth the debate about the Vacation Home Rental Industry.

Click here to read the Minnesota Department of Tourims special report on Vacation Home Rentals.

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