Baltimore resident Jeannette Belliveau, who rents a couple of rooms in her historic townhouse to short-term guests, sits with her dog, Copper, in one of the guest suites. States are having a hard time regulating the short-term rental industry. (The Pew Charitable Trusts)
Jeannette Belliveau lives with her dog and two cats in a 19th century house in the Upper Fells Point section of Baltimore, not far from Johns Hopkins Hospital, and rents out a couple of rooms for short-term stays to make a living.
In other parts of the city, Al Hallivis, a real estate investor and single dad, owns a half-dozen houses that he also rents by the night.
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