Review Portland primary-residence rules, ASTR permits, land use, lodging taxes, safety, records, insurance, and property-level costs.
Find Your Airbnb InvestmentVerify primary-residence eligibility, permits, land use, lodging taxes, safety, records, insurance, and property costs before underwriting.
Proceed only after confirming primary-residence eligibility, City approval, taxes, safety, records, insurance, and property-level costs.
Portland accessory short-term rentals are tied to a dwelling where the resident lives at least 270 days each calendar year.
Type A generally applies to one or two rented bedrooms and no more than five overnight guests.
Renting three to five bedrooms requires Type B Conditional Use Review, with capacity determined through that decision.
Some proposals fall outside the accessory program and may be reviewed as commercial transient lodging or Retail Sales and Service.
Operators should register with the Revenue Division and confirm City, County, and Oregon filing and payment duties.
Approval depends on lawful bedrooms, exits, alarms, occupancy, and other property-specific safety conditions.
Portland Maps and City public records support address-level review of zoning, permits, land use cases, and enforcement.
Use address-specific revenue scenarios and documented costs rather than unsupported market averages.
Route permit, land use, tax, records, and support questions to the responsible office and retain written responses.
Organize address-specific diligence with City, County, State, insurance, title, lending, and technical professionals.
No. Portland accessory short-term rentals require a qualifying primary residence and parcel-specific approval before operation.
Start with jurisdiction, zoning, lawful dwelling status, resident-occupancy eligibility, bedroom count, and building records.
Type A generally covers one or two rented bedrooms and up to five overnight guests. Type B covers three to five bedrooms through Conditional Use Review.
Eligibility depends on primary-residence occupancy, the number of bedrooms offered, zoning, building status, safety requirements, and the correct City approval.
Evaluate addresses by legal eligibility and property operations, not unsupported neighborhood rankings.
Register with the Portland Revenue Division and confirm City and Multnomah County business taxes, Portland transient lodging tax, and Oregon lodging tax duties.
Use property-specific quotes rather than market-wide averages.
Build conservative property-level scenarios from documented capacity, lawful availability, comparable bookings, and verified expenses.
Compare annual cash flow with total cash invested and keep financing, taxes, reserves, and exit assumptions explicit.
Portland Permitting & Development confirms ASTR and land use requirements, while the Revenue Division confirms local tax registration and reporting.
Route permit, land use, tax, record, and property-planning questions to the responsible office and retain written responses.
For Type A questions, contact PPDAccessoryShortTermRental@portlandoregon.gov or 503-823-2633. For Type B and planning questions, call 503-823-7300. No named routine contact is published.
Contact the Revenue Division transient lodging team at TLTax@portlandoregon.gov or 503-865-2857. Confirm registration, filing periods, platform collection, and balances.
After the City confirms legal eligibility and approval requirements, STR Search can help compare candidate properties, operating assumptions, and setup scope.
Recheck these official destinations for parcel-specific requirements, current forms, fees, and filing instructions before acting.
Bring the address, tax lot, floor plan, resident-occupancy plan, bedroom count, booking assumptions, and available records. STR Search can organize selection and underwriting questions after the City confirms eligibility.
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