Performance indicators for the Dorchester short-term rental market based on reliable data.
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Challenging to Investors
Short‑term rentals are explicitly allowed, but Summerville imposes a 183‑day owner‑residency requirement (plus 50% ownership) that deters purely investor‑owned STRs, and residential zones often need Board of Zoning Appeals approval. While the broader county rules are permissive, the combined permitting, inspections, zoning limits, and local owner‑occupancy mandate raise compliance costs and operational constraints.
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Dorchester was a town in the Province of South Carolina. Situated on the Ashley River about 18 miles (29 km) from Charleston, it was founded in February 1696 by followers of Reverend Joseph Lord from Dorchester, Massachusetts. They named it after their home town, which had been named by earlier immigrants after the English town Dorchester). Dorchester was abandoned in 1751.