Comments on: The Future of Renting Your Room for the Short-Term http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/the-future-of-renting-your-room-for-the-short-term/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Mon, 20 May 2013 20:51:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michelle http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/the-future-of-renting-your-room-for-the-short-term/#comment-33930 Michelle Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:15:15 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22949#comment-33930 @Deb of last year@twitter Yeah, if his roommate was home and had to deal with the renters, and Dude in Question did not offer to split the profits with him, I too would be indignant-- possibly vengeful! On a semi-related note, I want a Law & Order episode that is predicated on an AirBNB rental gone bad. @Deb of last year@twitter Yeah, if his roommate was home and had to deal with the renters, and Dude in Question did not offer to split the profits with him, I too would be indignant– possibly vengeful! On a semi-related note, I want a Law & Order episode that is predicated on an AirBNB rental gone bad.

]]> By: Deb of last year@twitter http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/the-future-of-renting-your-room-for-the-short-term/#comment-33895 Deb of last year@twitter Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:28:40 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22949#comment-33895 @Michelle I was curious about that too! The article has one quick throwaway line saying that officials don’t come looking for you unless someone has complained so he must have been ratted out by a neighbour (or maybe even the roommate!?) @Michelle I was curious about that too! The article has one quick throwaway line saying that officials don’t come looking for you unless someone has complained so he must have been ratted out by a neighbour (or maybe even the roommate!?)

]]> By: Deb of last year@twitter http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/the-future-of-renting-your-room-for-the-short-term/#comment-33894 Deb of last year@twitter Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:23:53 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22949#comment-33894 @stuffisthings No I can't quote the t&c of every site I visit or even my own lease, but I have access to both and if, for example, I was planning on subletting my apartment, my common sense might encourage me to glance at one or the other instead of blaming Airbnb for not personally sending someone over to read it to me. @stuffisthings No I can’t quote the t&c of every site I visit or even my own lease, but I have access to both and if, for example, I was planning on subletting my apartment, my common sense might encourage me to glance at one or the other instead of blaming Airbnb for not personally sending someone over to read it to me.

]]> By: stuffisthings http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/the-future-of-renting-your-room-for-the-short-term/#comment-33884 stuffisthings Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:25:28 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22949#comment-33884 @Michelle It might not stop the problem, but it would give AirBnB more legal cover with an unsympathetic judge, AND make it pretty clear that folks who get caught knew what they were doing. Now if only Craigslist would implement an "Are you a serial killer? Y/N" feature... @Michelle It might not stop the problem, but it would give AirBnB more legal cover with an unsympathetic judge, AND make it pretty clear that folks who get caught knew what they were doing. Now if only Craigslist would implement an “Are you a serial killer? Y/N” feature…

]]> By: Michelle http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/the-future-of-renting-your-room-for-the-short-term/#comment-33881 Michelle Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:21:00 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22949#comment-33881 @stuffisthings @Deb of last year@twitter There's also a good point in the comments on one of those pieces, that AirBNB is complicit by not having these basic legal premises built into the process of registering your place as a rental. They could have some pretty simple questions (Do you rent? Does your landlord permit short-term rentals? Do you own? Does your strata approve short-term rentals?) that would screen out a big chunk of illegal postings. @stuffisthings @Deb of last year@twitter There’s also a good point in the comments on one of those pieces, that AirBNB is complicit by not having these basic legal premises built into the process of registering your place as a rental. They could have some pretty simple questions (Do you rent? Does your landlord permit short-term rentals? Do you own? Does your strata approve short-term rentals?) that would screen out a big chunk of illegal postings.

]]> By: chic noir http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/the-future-of-renting-your-room-for-the-short-term/#comment-33879 chic noir Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:17:37 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22949#comment-33879 @stuffisthings - Yup, I really wonder how many people read the terms and conditions on the ITunes website before signing that they agree. @stuffisthings – Yup, I really wonder how many people read the terms and conditions on the ITunes website before signing that they agree.

]]> By: stuffisthings http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/the-future-of-renting-your-room-for-the-short-term/#comment-33869 stuffisthings Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:45:13 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22949#comment-33869 @Deb of last year@twitter So I assume you can quote the terms and conditions of every website you've ever signed up for or piece of software you've purchased, as well as your city bylaws? Or do you just assume that any large, legitimate-seeming website (or other business) offering their service in your city is probably not enticing you into breaking the law? @Deb of last year@twitter So I assume you can quote the terms and conditions of every website you’ve ever signed up for or piece of software you’ve purchased, as well as your city bylaws?

Or do you just assume that any large, legitimate-seeming website (or other business) offering their service in your city is probably not enticing you into breaking the law?

]]> By: stuffisthings http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/the-future-of-renting-your-room-for-the-short-term/#comment-33853 stuffisthings Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:51:38 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22949#comment-33853 @JanieS Yeah but how is he ever going to a rent out his apartment with a body nailed to the wall like that? @JanieS Yeah but how is he ever going to a rent out his apartment with a body nailed to the wall like that?

]]> By: Michelle http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/the-future-of-renting-your-room-for-the-short-term/#comment-33851 Michelle Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:39:21 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22949#comment-33851 "Special enforcement officers from the city showed up while he was gone, and the landlord received five violations for running afoul of rules related to illegal transient hotels." Was there some kind of sting operation to take down AirBNB hosts by the city police, or did someone report him? I mean, it seems weird that suddenly a special task force would burst in unless they were cracking down specifically on AirBNB, which would be a more interesting story than this "Woe is me, I don't read contracts before I sign them" dude. “Special enforcement officers from the city showed up while he was gone, and the landlord received five violations for running afoul of rules related to illegal transient hotels.” Was there some kind of sting operation to take down AirBNB hosts by the city police, or did someone report him? I mean, it seems weird that suddenly a special task force would burst in unless they were cracking down specifically on AirBNB, which would be a more interesting story than this “Woe is me, I don’t read contracts before I sign them” dude.

]]> By: Deb of last year@twitter http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/the-future-of-renting-your-room-for-the-short-term/#comment-33847 Deb of last year@twitter Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:17:43 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22949#comment-33847 Oh Mr. Warren is funny. From the article: "Mr. Warren, like many if not most Airbnb users, had not read the terms and conditions on Airbnb’s Web site telling him not to break any laws," and "Mr. Warren, 30, acknowledges that he broke the city rules and did not read his lease." AND THEN he complains that Airbnb should warn people more explicitly about the kind of trouble they could find themselves in and that “they need to start being a little more responsible and acknowledging what happened and providing a warning to users.” Hilarious. Yes, someone in this case should have been more responsible and read the site's t&c and his own lease and city bylaws but I don't think it's Airbnb. Oh Mr. Warren is funny. From the article: “Mr. Warren, like many if not most Airbnb users, had not read the terms and conditions on Airbnb’s Web site telling him not to break any laws,” and “Mr. Warren, 30, acknowledges that he broke the city rules and did not read his lease.” AND THEN he complains that Airbnb should warn people more explicitly about the kind of trouble they could find themselves in and that “they need to start being a little more responsible and acknowledging what happened and providing a warning to users.” Hilarious. Yes, someone in this case should have been more responsible and read the site’s t&c and his own lease and city bylaws but I don’t think it’s Airbnb.

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