STR compliance intelligence

Know the rules before they change.

Cities and states rewrite short-term-rental rules every week. STR Beacon watches every legislature and council agenda in your markets — and warns you in plain English, before the vote.

Free national digest, every week. No spam, one-click unsubscribe. Written by AI, reviewed by a human — and we tell you which is which.

US$72M+in STR fines collected by New York City alone — the cost of finding out late
50 states + 25 marketsmonitored continuously, from legislatures to council agenda PDFs
Before the votealerts at agenda stage — weeks before it becomes news

How it works

Three steps, no dashboards to learn. It arrives in your inbox.

1

We watch everything

Every state bill and council agenda item touching short-term rentals — scanned continuously, including the 200-page PDFs nobody reads.

2

We translate it

Each change becomes two plain-English sentences: what it does, and what you should do about it. Every alert links to the primary source document.

3

You act early

Public-comment windows, grandfathering deadlines, permit caps — you hear while there's still time to respond, not after the vote.

What an alert looks like

Market-specific, source-linked, deadline-flagged.

Market alert · Austin, TX

Proposal to cap un-hosted STR permits by zone

Council agenda item 42 (meets 14 Jul): first reading 24 Jul — public comment open now. What it means: existing permits likely grandfathered; new investor purchases in zones 3–5 at risk.

Source: council agenda PDF, p.14 · confidence: high · this is monitoring, not legal advice

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Questions, answered straight

Who writes this?

AI does the monitoring, reading and first drafts — that's what makes the price possible. A human reviews and approves everything before it reaches you. We disclose this because you deserve to know, and because it's the law in a growing number of places.

Is this legal advice?

No. STR Beacon is a monitoring and alerting service. We tell you what changed, where it's documented, and when the deadlines are. For decisions about your specific situation, talk to a lawyer — we'll happily hand them our source links.

Which markets do you cover?

All 50 US state legislatures, plus the 25 largest STR markets at city/county level, expanding monthly. Paid subscribers vote on which markets we add next.

What if a rule changes and you miss it?

Our pipeline diffs every source continuously and every alert links to the primary document, so you can verify everything. If we miss something material in a covered market, we'll say so plainly and credit your month. No fine print.

How do I cancel?

One click, any time, effective immediately. The free digest stays free.