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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is going to open a huge loophole for landlords. [/quote]

No, it's concerning. If my renter is allowed to make money off my property I have a huge issue with that and would be putting this into a lease.  If they just want to sublet for when they will be out of town (let's say summer time), I have no issue. But if they are renting my property to then turn it into PROFIT that's a huge issue.  Leases can contain clauses about sublets where time for sublet is limited (let's say 30 days or longer) and also tenant isn't allowed to charge anything above whatever the rent is plus percentage extra for amenities/furnishing, etc.  I have this in the lease for the place we rent. [/quote]

It's weird to me that you're focused on them making money off the property--who really cares? If they decorated it beautifully and offered it as a space for photo shoots, would you also kick up a fuss? The real issue is that some of these short term tenants might damage the apartment, and then it would be difficult to triangulate the repair and costs between you, the tenant, and the short term tenant. [/quote]

No.  As a former landlord it would be completely crystal clear to me.  The ONLY agreement and relationship I have is between myself and my tenant.  If the unit gets damaged because my tenant did something stupid by renting it out to someone else that is 100% on the tenant and I will go after the tenant.  The tenant needs to pay up.  How the tenant does cost recovery between themselves and whoever they rented it out to is zero care or concern of mine.  If the tenant can't get their AirBNB visitor to pay I don't care, the tenant still needs to pay regardless.[/quote]

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