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"HOW DO THEY SLIP THROUGH? - The problem: The city has yet to rule on about 1,300 applications that are missing a unit number or specific address. Until the new
by esturk 9y ago
"HOW DO THEY SLIP THROUGH? - The problem: The city has yet to rule on about 1,300 applications that are missing a unit number or specific address. Until the new ordinance required that Airbnb collect that information, most hosts would list their home without an address or specific location, one way to avoid detection if the unit was in a building that prohibited vacation rentals. It's possible that some hosts deliberately filed an application without an address, hoping it would allow them to stay one step ahead of city regulators."
Interesting you brought this up. Unless the listing is unbelievably attractive, a listing without a number or address just seems sketchy to me. Makes me think its the analog of a hourly rented motel.
- dmurray 9y agoAirbnb usually doesn't show the exact address to the customer before you've rented it, or at least it doesn't make it easy to find. I've always assumed this was to make it a little harder for landlords, neighbours or regulators to see that a property was being listed without their permission. If you're visiting an unfamiliar city and the place has good reviews, I don't see anything sketchy about only being able to narrow down the location to within a few hundred metres.