Laura James stands at the main entrance to her two-bedroom, three-bathroom home in Breckenridge on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Dubbed "The Cabin," the home was built by James's parents in the mid-1970s, the first property of what could become the Peak 7 neighborhood. After buying it from her parents, James and her husband have short-term rented the home in order to pay for their mortgage and other expenses in a bid to keep the home in their family. But faced with new Summit County regulations on short-term rentals, James said that prospect is becoming much harder.
Laura James stands at the main entrance to her two-bedroom, three-bathroom home in Breckenridge on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Dubbed "The Cabin," the home was built by James's parents in the mid-1970s, the first property of what could become the Peak 7 neighborhood. After buying it from her parents, James and her husband have short-term rented the home in order to pay for their mortgage and other expenses in a bid to keep the home in their family. But faced with new Summit County regulations on short-term rentals, James said that prospect is becoming much harder.