NC law states 6 activities that require a license
1. Listing or offering to list real estate for sale or rent
( all listings or websites are in owners name - owner is renting their property)
2. Selling or buying (or offering to sell or buy) real estate
(no selling of property in short term rentals)
3. Leasing or renting (or offering to lease or rent) real estate
(- all listings are on AirBnB/VRBO or owners own direct booking site
- I live in another state and never "show" any property
- all info about property is readily available on the owners listing and/or direct
booking site
-I do not screen guests
- I do not negotiate or broker any deal between guest and homeowner. Homeowner
is in full control of rates and availability. AirBnb does the advertising, accepts
bookings and processes payments. AirBnb collects all money from guest and
remits directly to the homeowner.
4. Conducting (or offering to conduct) a real estate auction.
(nothing to do with this in short term rentals)
5. Selling, buying, leasing, assigning or exchanging any interest in real estate, including household interest, in connection with the sale or purchase of business.
(nothing to do with this in short term rentals)
6. Referring a party to a real estate licensee, if done for compensation.
(nothing to do with short term rentals)
Besides all this I do not have the authority to direct maintenance, repairs or changes in any way to the home or a guest reservation without the home owners direction.
I am in the hospitality industry in Florida. So I continue this and work as a concierge to short term rentals. I received notice from the NC Real Estate Commission that I was fine to continue on.