Vendor shows La Paz County data tool that maps short‑term rentals, estimates $2.4–$2.5M in host revenue

Deckard Technologies presented its short‑term rental data and mapping platform to the La Paz County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 18, 2025, saying the system has identified 59 properties in the county and has tracked roughly $2.4–$2.5 million in host revenue over the past year.

The company’s vice president of sales and government relations, Dustin Reilich, told the board the platform “data mine[s] over 10,000 short term rental websites on a worldwide basis” and ties listings back to parcel records so counties can identify who receives the property tax bill for a given parcel. Reilich said the tool tracks booking dates, stay length and posted rates and produces time‑stamped screenshots that can be used in enforcement letters.

Board members pressed the vendor on coverage and legal limits. Reilich said his team scrapes public listing sites such as Airbnb, Vrbo, FlipKey, Booking and Hipcamp but does not scrape private or access‑restricted services like Facebook Marketplace because of privacy and platform rules. He also noted that some state legislation gives assessors and local governments authority to reclassify properties used like businesses and to require registration; Reilich referenced the 2022 legislation his company assisted on in Arizona (spoken in the meeting as “S B 11 68”) and said newer bills were being discussed this session.

The presentation included an example property Reilich said was “very busy” and had multiple listings over time. He showed a county map of listing concentrations and said the platform can link each listing to a parcel’s public record. Reilich estimated the county could realize registration fees: using an example calculation he presented, 160 registrants at $250 each would generate about $40,000. He also described an estimate of roughly $2.4–$2.5 million in host revenues in La Paz County over the prior 12 months.

La Paz County supervisors raised local concerns about fairness and enforcement. One supervisor asked whether short‑term rentals must meet the same health and safety rules as commercial lodging; a board member said that some motels and hotels must comply with more extensive rules and that inconsistent rules can create competitive inequities. Reilich and staff also discussed transient lodging tax and Arizona’s transaction privilege tax (TPT); Reilich said TPT is collected at the state level through the Arizona Department of Revenue and that many short‑term hosts are not registered with a state TPT license.

Reilich said Deckard is already under contract or used by several Arizona jurisdictions and that the company can provide a registration platform for counties, automate outreach to owners with court‑admissible screenshots, and maintain an annual monitoring service. He gave a ballpark price for county subscription and monitoring and offered to work with county staff to implement a local registration system.

The presentation concluded without a board vote; the board asked staff to continue reviewing options. Reilich said, “I’ll work with your staff in any capacity, necessary,” before leaving the meeting.