"the apartment owner of having their stuff owned" By the way there is also the chance of the renter having their things owned. If I stay at a hotel there is a

"the apartment owner of having their stuff owned" By the way there is also the chance of the renter having their things owned. If I stay at a hotel there is at least some control over who can enter my room and presumably key card logs, as well as videos showing access (and a safe in the room). While this does not provide absolute security obviously, I feel more safe leaving my laptop in a hotel room then in someone's apartment where anyone (old friend or perhaps the super) could have a key and something could disappear.