Short Term Rentals

Stopping Short-Term Rental Hell in Brigantine

Loud music, underage drinking and partying that continues through the night. Welcome to our short-term-rental hell along the South Jersey shore. Loud music, underage drinking and partying that continues through the night. Welcome to our short-term-rental hell along the South Jersey shore. Once quiet neighborhoods in Ventnor and Brigantine being […]

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Brigantine Mayor Still Blocks Webcast of City Council Meetings

Most Jersey shore towns do a decent job of recording and sharing their council meetings online. Many provide live webcasting and a YouTube channel as well. Brigantine is not one of those towns. Ocean City, Ventnor and Margate all believe in taxpayer transparency via digital. Even dysfunctional Atlantic City offers

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Brigantine Battles Unruly Short-Term Rentals and Party Houses

Mayor Sera of Brigantine addresses recent gun fight at a notorious short-term rental property. North-end neighbors losing faith in Brigantine’s ability to manage nuisance properties. Can Brigantine tame these unruly, short-term rentals? Watch the Brigantine City Council meeting of Feb. 3, 2021. One such party house is a short-term rental

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Brigantine Keeps Short-Term Rental Ban Until at Least June 3

Most short-term vacation rentals along the Jersey Shore will be open for business by June 1, but not here in Brigantine. Deputy Mayor Sera, according to his social media page, says keeping the short-term rental ban for another month could have devastating consequences for the economy. Nonetheless, Sera has delayed

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Brigantine City Manager Ready to Block June Vacation Rentals

Local Brigantine real estate agents pleading with City Council. PLEASE GET A PLAN. Watch video from May 20. Brigantine Council has no re-opening plan. No clue how to safely bring Brigantine economy back to life. With Memorial Day weekend only a few days away, Brigantine Deputy Mayor Sera and City

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Brigantine Council Steps Up Ham-Handed, Short-Term Rental Crack Down

WATCH VIDEO >Brigantine Council Real Estate Rental Ruse & Golf Course Scam. Watch video clips of Brigantine City Council meeting of May 6. Discussion includes draconian crack-down on all short-term rental properties NOT represented by local real estate offices. Property owners bracing for selective enforcement of short-term rentals in Brigantine.

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Brigantine COVID-19 Update. Rentals, 4×4 Beach Permits & Free Golf.

Here’s the latest news on how Brigantine City Hall is handling the COVID-19 chaos. It’s not pretty. Rather, Brigantine public relations is confusing. Contradictory. Un-fair. Stupid. Even dangerous. As of April 27, the following Brigantine areas are still closed for public use: Cove Beach Inlet Area. Brigantine Sea Wall. Northend

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Brigantine OK with Golfing, Will Block AirBnB Rentals, But Not Local Realtors.

Watch Video Brigantine City Council met again on April 15. Topics included selective enforcement of stay-at-home rules. For example, the baseball fields are closed, but people are still golfing at the Links at Brigantine, for free. Resident Jim Mackey sees people golfing at the Brigantine Golf Course. Mayor Simpson brushes

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Brigantine Council Still Allows Marketing & Negotiation of Short-Term Rental Contracts

Brigantine City Council had another emergency meeting about short-term rentals on April 9. See video above. During this time of COVID-19, how do we effectively slow the influx of visitors and short term renters into Brigantine? On April 1, Council only took aim at online rental marketing like AirBnB. Local

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Facing Backlash, Will Brigantine Council Finally Ban ALL Short-term Rentals?

NJ Governor Murphy recently gave towns like Brigantine the power to prohibit all short-term and seasonal rentals for the duration of this COVID-19 emergency. Presumably, this would help Brigantine slow the influx of coronavirus refugees. Holding back those escaping hot-spots like New York City. Most Jersey shore communities quickly took

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Brigantine OKs Dangerous COVID-19 Short-Term Rental Resolution

While other shore towns are banning ALL short-term rentals for the time being, Brigantine still allows local realtors to conduct business as usual. To be clear, the only action Brigantine City Council took on April 1, 2020….. was to force AirBnB type sites to REMOVE all Brigantine rental listings. FACT:

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Brigantine Bans AirBnB Short Term Rentals, Allows Local Real Estate Agents to Keep Renting in Other Ways

Watch Brigantine Council Pick Winners & Losers via AirBnB Rental Ban While most of us were hunkering down to avoid COVID-19, Brigantine City Council was busy banning all short-term rentals using websites like AirBnB. Many Jersey shore towns like Ocean City and Ventnor are temporarily banning ALL short-term vacation rentals.

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Brigantine Clamps Down On Short Term Rentals and Party Houses

New rules for short term, Brigantine rental properties. Crack down on nuisance properties. Most homeowners were not aware of this major decision. Too bad these types of decisions are being made when most homeowners are away. Brigantine voted YES to a new, updated ordinance targeting short-term rental houses. Are these

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Brigantine AirBnB Renter Faces Gun and Drug Charges

Efforts by Brigantine police and detectives, assisted by a tip from vigilant neighbors, lead to the arrest of a 25 yr old Brooklyn man. Joshua J. Vanosten has been charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Vanosten looks to

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