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How are they hoarding? Why call them parasites? More people still rent out houses for long term (as investments) than STR and really, with no data to back up your claims and attacking people for creating something others demand seems... misguided.

A lot of STR's are homes that have always been second homes or homes that would never have full occupancy in cities they occupy. They're homes that bring skiers to mountains, friends and family to beach, loved ones to touristy areas.

They create lots of revenue, jobs and the impact in their local economies is huge - from property managers to cleaning services to Lowes/Homedepot/Ikea spend to tax revenue (VRBO does collect occupancy tax where required) to working with cities for legal operations.

I'd say STR owners are just people who invested and make money through other means of hard work (and risk - such as now). The "disturbing" people are the ones like yourself who can't fathom there are millions of people who work in the STR travel industry either directly or indirectly and you seem to hate them. Most STR owners still hold their day jobs and just want to share their house (and the burden).