MULTIZ321
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The downside of these services is if you're the neighbor in an apartment building, coop or condo and paid a fortune for your apartment and have this stream of strangers moving in and out.
And, did you see the recent story about an Airb&b customers moving into a lady's home and announcing he wasn't going to pay or leave? As he is considered a tenant, there is nothing she can legally do to evict him other than a long and costly legal battle. Once he squatted for a few weeks, he announced he now had eminent domain and owned her home, something else she had to hire a lawyer to deal with. Laws in many states, such as New York, give tenants all the rights and landlords almost none.
Still want to rent your home out to a stranger who signed up with a service on line?
Here's additional info to the story: Airbnb Host Can't Get Rid of Squatter - by Thomas Johnson/ Morning Mix/ TheWashingtonPost.com
"Here’s one big difference between a hotel and Airbnb: If someone rents a hotel room and refuses to leave, the desk calls security and has him thrown out. If someone rents out a place using Airbnb and the “guest” refuses to leave, there’s no desk, no security and sometimes not much recourse.
That’s what Cory Tschogl is finding out..."
Richard