Short-term rentals are going strong, but being a host has become much harder than it used to be. Last summer, Joan Robertson and her husband, Mark, finally realized their yearslong goal of buying a second home in the Sun Belt to escape the brutal winters of Minnesota. Persuaded by one of their sons who loves amusement parks, they homed in on Kissimmee, Florida, just south of Orlando, and bought a three-bedroom townhouse in a gated community with resort access for $295,000. To help pay off the mortgage, they planned to operate the home as a short-term rental.…Short-term rentals are going strong, but being a host has become much harder than it used to be. Last summer, Joan Robertson and her husband, Mark, finally realized their yearslong goal of buying a second home in the Sun Belt to escape the brutal winters of Minnesota. Persuaded by one of their sons who loves amusement parks, they homed in on Kissimmee, Florida, just south of Orlando, and bought a three-bedroom townhouse in a gated community with resort access for $295,000. To help pay off the mortgage, they planned to operate the home as a short-term rental.WW…

·August 18, 2020, 2:44 AM UTCHong Kong’s leader said she’s having trouble using her credit cards after the U.S. imposed sanctions  Chinese officials and their allies in the city.“As for myself, of course it will have a little bit of inconvenience here and there, because we have to use some financial services and we don’t know whether that will relate back to an agency that has some American business — and the use of credit cards is sort of hampered,” Chief Executive Carrie Lam said in an  with Chinese state broadcaster CGTN posted late Monday. “But those are really...…·August 18, 2020, 2:44 AM UTCHong Kong’s leader said she’s having trouble using her credit cards after the U.S. imposed sanctions  Chinese officials and their allies in the city.“As for myself, of course it will have a little bit of inconvenience here and there, because we have to use some financial services and we don’t know whether that will relate back to an agency that has some American business — and the use of credit cards is sort of hampered,” Chief Executive Carrie Lam said in an  with Chinese state broadcaster CGTN posted late Monday. “But those are really...WW…