Seattle is one of many cities that maintains its own rules regarding subletting. Airbnb rules for sublets in Seattle are subject to a number of legal restrictions showing how Seattle communities view the practice of renting out units on a short-term basis. Airbnb hosts in Seattle should look at the city’s land use code, to make sure that[…]

Airbnb, as a company, has quickly become a household name for anyone who’s talking about the glory of rapidly emerging startups. It’s one of those many “disruptors of business” that you hear about in media reports praising the entrepreneurial spirit. Founded in 2007 by San Francisco roommates Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia who rented out[…]

  In New York City, tenants who reside in a privately owned building of four or more units have a legal right to sublet their apartment for 30 days or more, even if their lease wrongly prohibits the practice. Landlords, who must approve requests for sublet, have gone along with the practice, but now that housing is scarce[…]

Too many of those who want to profit from a vacation rental service like Airbnb never really check to figure out if a sublet of this type is legal in their communities. In Los Angeles, a sprawling city with dozens and dozens of independent municipalities, that can be a problem. The question of whether Airbnb[…]