Short term rental regulations for top US desintations

The short term rental regulations, laws, ordinances, etc are being proposed, debated and updated all over the country.  Below is a snapshot of where the current regulations stand for some of the most popular travel destinations in the US.  You will see that all of these cities have tons of current listings on AirBnb and VRBO but the hosts are either the lucky ones who were granted licenses before new limitations were enforced OR they are taking on the risk of getting caught and heavily fined if the powers at be catches up with them.    Orlando is the most host friendly city on this list of 5.  More city by city evaluations will be ad 

	NYC	Orlando	San Diego	Honolulu	LA
Overall Investor Rating	Illegal but a lot of people are doing it	Very open in specific zones of the city	Only one license per host	Not currently issuing new licenses	Proposing to limit to primary residences only
Link to regulations	NYC regs	Orlando regs	San Diego regs	Honolulu host info	LA ordinance
Fees	N/A	$275 first year + $100 annual renewal	$70 application $1,000 two year license	N/A	pending
# of listings on Airbnb	300+	300+	300+	300+	300+
# of listings on VRBO	300+	300+	300+	300+	300+
Recent news	What to know about NYC's new short term rental law	Mayor suggest allowing short term rentals on Daytona Beach	San Diego County hashes out new STR rules.	Honolulu council considers new rules for short term rentals	Fountain Valley to take a look at Short Term Rentals