How Airbnb Earned Me $20,000 And A Restraining Order From My Landlord

Post by msellout » Thu, Jun 07, 2012, 9:30 PM UTC

hack_edu wrote: post #16

ed209 wrote: post #12

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"If your landlord was interested in running a tenement home/boarding house/hotel" - then he would have to staff it himself too, promote it and take the risk of no bookings. With a tenant he has someone making sure the place is looked after + he has a contracted income for the whole 12 months. By the sound of this place, the landlord could probably do quite well out of airbnb. But in that case, why not just approach t…

Yes, though if the landlord had a hand in the operation I'd imagine it would have to be a legal business. This means taxes, insurance, wages, administration costs, permits that probably make it more trouble than its worth.

I pay my landlord in cash. He doesn't accept checks. Though I suppose AirBnB does force you to accept credit card and that's a bit harder to hide.

Post by msellout » Thu, Jun 07, 2012, 9:38 PM UTC

peterjancelis wrote: post #139

rayiner wrote: post #137

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The problem is that it's hard to tell when value arises from the elimination of a deadweight loss and when it arises from externalization of costs. E.g. environmental regulation generates some deadweight loss in the form of compliance, etc. It also seeks to internalize inherent costs of activity that would otherwise be externalized. If we got rid of the regulation, a factory owner would see a small amount of benefit…

Negative externalities are best handled by tort law. Let case law develop over time. Central planning (i.e. one law with 'good intentions') does not work.

So I can sue smokers for polluting my air as I walk past them? How about my neighbors who play loud music at 4am? Oh, and that guy who urinated on the plants outside my apartment?

Hmmm. I'm not sure that it's so easy for courts to take on all these cases. I'm especially worried that it's too much burden on individuals to defend their rights. Maybe we should try to find a consensus on what's OK and have the police hand out tickets?

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