Peace of mind regarding your investment property doesn’t just stop at our accounting, marketing, and revenue management teams. It also includes our in-house general counsel: an experienced licensed real estate and business lawyer licensed in Florida and Alabama. With over 20 years of practicing law along the Gulf Coast, you can rest assured that our professional in-house staff is well-versed in the intricacies of vacation rental management.
Having counsel readily available adds a legal perspective to business operations, compliance, and strategic planning decisions. This improves our risk management profile while helping avoid unnecessary legal and practical risks. In addition, having a dedicated legal staff puts Southern in a unique position of having an experienced attorney available to assist management and staff with any and all legal and practical questions and issues.
Our in-house counsel regularly reviews all of our contracts and agreements, ensuring Southern is in compliance with local and state-level laws. Our general counsel also reviews our rental management agreements and rental policies regularly, providing recommendations for updates as necessary while still keeping the high level of quality and service we promise to our owners and guests in mind.