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Rentalscape short-term rental platform makes it easy for hosts to register properties while also helping city council to establish data
Deckard Technologies, a government-focused tech company that provides software, analytics and insights for communities to create tax fairness, has launched its Rentalscape platform to assist the City of Burlingame, California, in identification of short-term rental (STR) properties and to help hosts become compliant with local regulations.
Rentalscape offers a user-friendly portal for a simplified registration process so STR hosts can gain the permits needed – both a business license and a hosting certificate – to operate an STR in the city. Hosts are able to pay their transient occupancy taxes (TOTs) of 12% through the portal as well, to remain in compliance with city mandates. Deckard has also established a complaint portal for neighbors who wish to report illegally-operating STRs or noise and trash issues. Deckard tracks all rooms being rented out on digital platforms and reports those to the city so the city council has good information to establish appropriate levels and requirements for STRs in its community and also knows what to expect in TOTs.
“Our goal with this portal is to simplify the registration process for hosts, make it easy to pay their transient occupancy taxes, and monitor complaints to keep neighbors happy. The software is quite intuitive, and all the data is there for each listing, including history of rentals and future listings, making enforcement easier for our own staff,” says Kevin Gardiner, Community Development Director for Burlingame. “In the few months since Rentalscape has been deployed, our registrations have increased significantly and those who are properly recorded are paying their TOTs, just like hotel guests do, making online short-term vacation rentals more fair to hotels as well.”
Rentalscape provides detail on STR property addresses and ownership. Violations of STR ordinances…
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