The Tennessee Real Estate Commission now has applications available for Vacation Lodging Service business licenses for businesses that rent short term vacation lodging. The application has been made available since the State legislature passed a law primarily directed toward businesses that rent chalets or condominiums in the Gatlinburg area. Businesses who rent short term vacation lodging no longer have to have a licensed real estate broker on site. Instead, a person who is renting property for another individual only needs a Vacation Lodging Service business licences. The law becomes effective Jan. 1, 1999.
Owners can rent their own property without any licensure.
Applications are also available at the Sevier County Association of Realtors.