Resources for Hot Springs hosts

The offices you will deal with and the outside resources we find useful, with a note on what each is for.

Official and required

License status, the residential cap, exempt zones and complaint lines. Check here before you buy or list a property inside city limits.

Register your rental for the 3% Advertising and Promotion tax and file the monthly report, due by the 20th, through the city's online portal.

Register for state sales and tourism tax through ATAP if you take bookings that a platform does not collect tax on. The permit fee is $50.

Dock and shoreline permits for Lakes Hamilton and Catherine.

Airbnb's own guides to fees, policies and listing setup. Read it when a policy changes, as with the move to a single 15.5% host fee.

Paid short-term rental market data: occupancy, average daily rate and revenue by market. Useful for checking revenue projections before you buy.

Real estate investor forums with an active short-term rental section. Search old threads before you post.

A long-running podcast on short-term rental pricing, revenue management and operations.

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Call or text 501.365.1001, or send a note and we will get back to you.