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Sometimes, I think the "friendly" community of AirBnB needs to be a bit more business when dealing with squatter scumbags. Once AirBnB couldn't collect the mon

Sometimes, I think the "friendly" community of AirBnB needs to be a bit more business when dealing with squatter scumbags. Once AirBnB couldn't collect the money, the rental should have been terminated and the host should have immediately call the cops to vacate the property well before the 30 days was up. I'm not sure why they tried to work out something with the renter. Maybe they tried to be "nice" but if some situation starts to smell fishy, handle it quickly.

re-anon 12y ago
You don't get it. The squatter has been in the home for 30 days. On that 30th day he has tenants rights and the owner has to go through the process. If the owner knew what she was doing or hired somebody competent to manage her property she wouldn't be in this situation. AirBNB isn't a property manager. If you don't know what you're doing you shouldn't be renting out your home as a business.
cowsandmilk 12y ago
the tenants knew what they were doing, they paid for 30 days.
300bps 12y ago
the host should have immediately call the cops to vacate the property As someone who has been in a similar situation before, the line you will get from any cop is, "This is a civil matter." And the cop is right. Police officers aren't equipped to determine who is right and wrong in a dispute among two parties when one of the parties isn't clearly violating the law. That's what courts are for.
seanflyon 12y ago
The cops will not simply evict someone because they didn't pay rent. I have seen multiple cases where it took over 6 month of no rent to evict.
calbear81 12y ago
I agree with the point everyone is making about the cops not wanting to get involved since it's a civil matter but I stand by my statement that AirBnB is trying to be too nice. They offered those guys a hotel instead for 30 days? You don't negotiate with these types of grifters. AirBnB should do everything within it's legal powers to make life a living hell for them.

re-anon 12y ago

You don't get it. The squatter has been in the home for 30 days. On that 30th day he has tenants rights and the owner has to go through the process. If the owner knew what she was doing or hired somebody competent to manage her property she wouldn't be in this situation. AirBNB isn't a property manager. If you don't know what you're doing you shouldn't be renting out your home as a business.

cowsandmilk 12y ago

the tenants knew what they were doing, they paid for 30 days.

300bps 12y ago

the host should have immediately call the cops to vacate the property As someone who has been in a similar situation before, the line you will get from any cop is, "This is a civil matter." And the cop is right. Police officers aren't equipped to determine who is right and wrong in a dispute among two parties when one of the parties isn't clearly violating the law. That's what courts are for.

seanflyon 12y ago

The cops will not simply evict someone because they didn't pay rent. I have seen multiple cases where it took over 6 month of no rent to evict.

calbear81 12y ago

I agree with the point everyone is making about the cops not wanting to get involved since it's a civil matter but I stand by my statement that AirBnB is trying to be too nice. They offered those guys a hotel instead for 30 days? You don't negotiate with these types of grifters. AirBnB should do everything within it's legal powers to make life a living hell for them.