At first blush, allowing the owner to exclude addresses from rental seems reasonable. But if an airbnb host is willing to violate their lease, why isn't that person willing to fake ownership? How far should airbnb be required to go to verify ownership, and what happens when ownership changes?
To be honest, these people sound like shitty, lazy landlords who deserve their bad tenants. They
1 - didn't do a reference check;
2 - didn't swing by occasionally (even every couple months) to verify the condition of their property;
3 - were renting property out and hadn't bothered to provide neighbors their contact info in case of problems;
4 - quite possibly (this is highly variable / city by city) hadn't notified the city they were renting these units, or the city would have sent the fines to them rather than (presumably) to the tenants.
(I say this as a landlord). They feel they are entitled to take out a mortgage then collect checks without any work. It isn't that easy...
To be honest, these people sound like shitty, lazy landlords who deserve their bad tenants. They
1 - didn't do a reference check;
2 - didn't swing by occasionally (even every couple months) to verify the condition of their property;
3 - were renting property out and hadn't bothered to provide neighbors their contact info in case of problems;
4 - quite possibly (this is highly variable / city by city) hadn't notified the city they were renting these units, or the city would have sent the fines to them rather than (presumably) to the tenants.
(I say this as a landlord). They feel they are entitled to take out a mortgage then collect checks without any work. It isn't that easy...