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re: Airbnb vent...I just started renting my apartment on airbnb
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:00 pm to LStU
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:00 pm to LStU
But still. airbnb isn't the issue. It's your neighbor. If it's a contentious situation where the cops have come and your landlord has said you can't sublet, why should airbnb put potential clients in that situaiton?
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Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:04 pm to hendersonshands
AirBnB is awesome. Sucks it didn't work out in your situation LStU.
This post was edited on 4/17/14 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:06 pm to LStU
How anyone would want to turn their apartment into a hotel is beyond me...
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:12 pm to Chicken
I looked at the bookings on there in the French Quarter and saw everything at 75% capacity or more for $150-$200 a night. I am tempted to but something for the purpose of renting...
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:14 pm to Chicken
quote:
How anyone would want to turn their apartment into a hotel is beyond me.
Well I assume if it can make you some money, why not. You take anything and everything of value out. It's not like I would leave all my regular stuff out for someone to take or break. I supposed its based on the honesty policy and how much attention renters give to background checking tenants.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:14 pm to Chicken
The ONLY way I see this being a good idea is if you had a rent-controlled apartment (cheap rent for area) in a highly desirable locale (French Quarter, NY City, etc) and you used it specifically to rent for money. With the authority to sublet.
Renting my own place? Not in a million years.
Renting my own place? Not in a million years.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:17 pm to Chicken
quote:
How anyone would want to turn their apartment into a hotel is beyond me...
Do you feel the same about those that rent our their beach houses? Just curious.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:31 pm to Hat Tricks
quote:that is rental property, not their main property where they live...huge difference.
Do you feel the same about those that rent our their beach houses? Just curious.
This post was edited on 4/17/14 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:35 pm to Chicken
Exactly. And to the OP, if you do not own your apartment and if you don't have permission to sublet, you shouldn't be doing Airbnb.
Your whining will get you no sympathy.
Your whining will get you no sympathy.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:37 pm to LStU
I could see your neighbor being pissy if you live in a complex that isn't normally a revolving door of people like beach condos and whatnot. I'd be pissed if my neighbor started renting their place out every week. There's a reason I moved into a R-1 residential district as opposed to next door to a B&B.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:46 pm to Geauxld Finger
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renters will all get background checked as far as i know
As someone who rented a place from airnbnb for over a month. I never had a background check performed on me during the process.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:53 pm to LStU
Didn't check to see if sublets were allowed before you committed your space to renters....
You are the jackass in this scenario.
You are the jackass in this scenario.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:00 pm to Puffoluffagus
a lot more apartment complexes will start putting in clauses that prohibits subletting, if they haven't already...
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:15 pm to Chicken
This type of situation is getting lots of press in SF and of course, the board of stuporvisors is going to start regulating it and taxing it.
The "shared economy" works in theory, until insurance companies, HOA's, and apartment leases catch on and prevent people from doing this.
Technically, all "short-term rentals" in the French Quarter are forbidden. (short term is anything less than 6 months). My HOA will not let me rent mine out through airbnb or vrbo.
The "shared economy" works in theory, until insurance companies, HOA's, and apartment leases catch on and prevent people from doing this.
Technically, all "short-term rentals" in the French Quarter are forbidden. (short term is anything less than 6 months). My HOA will not let me rent mine out through airbnb or vrbo.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:30 pm to notiger1997
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You were probably breaking the law anyway.
yeah, most counties/municipalities have ordinances that prohibit less than monthly renting in residential zones, not to mention the lease/hoa issues mentioned.
also, if you rent for less than a month, you have to pay hospitality tax in most places.
add in the difficulty of eviction in a lot places and even squatters rights, and the whole thing is fraught with disaster.
i've learned some of this the hard way.
eta: SF said some of this but i hadn't read it. and good point re: insurers. they can deny coverage and/or drop you, resulting in issues with lender. a change of use could also be grounds for lender calling the loan, although that's a stretch.
This post was edited on 4/17/14 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:37 pm to McLemore
I'd challenge anyone to get the same quality hotel for the same price as an AirBnB rental.
Greatest "invention" ever. I plan to use it extensively.
Greatest "invention" ever. I plan to use it extensively.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:38 pm to Chicken
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How anyone would want to turn their apartment into a hotel is beyond me...
betas, poors and non-ot-ballers
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:40 pm to LStU
Look at your lease. You are probably not allowed to sub out your apartment.
This post was edited on 4/17/14 at 1:41 pm
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:44 pm to SG_Geaux
no way in hell i'd want my neighbor renting out their apt to strangers ...
Posted on 4/17/14 at 2:01 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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I plan to use it extensively.
used it once in new orleans. great experience. dirt cheap.
i rent out two properties on VRBO. May start using airbnb on one of them but i stay pretty booked as is, so not sure i want to bother with it. vrbo is starting to annoy me though.
you can def get great deals on either. we rented a bad arse place off vrbo by grand targhee on a ranch with huge teton view. 2br/2ba with huge den and kitchen for $110/night in peak ski season (spring break).
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