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STRs continue to be big business in Arizona, keep Scottsdale Police on their toes

While popular Airbnb brought in $3.4 billion to Arizona’s economy last year, while Scottsdale Police had 92 calls for service to short-term rentals in May.

(Arianna Grainey/Independent Newsmedia)

Airbnb continues to be big business in Arizona, which can be taken as good news or bad.
A recent report from Airbnb states the company generated approximately $3.4 billion in Arizona last year.

That breaks down into 42,000 jobs supported by guest spending, and estimated $2 billion in labor income and approximately $867 million in total tax revenue.

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