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In article <MPG.2a3c37a270c807629898b7@news.speakeasy.net>,
Mark Anderson  <mea@nospambradnylion.com> wrote:

[ sneck ]
>
>Now what's to stop someone from renting her apartment, backing up a 
>UHaul and stealing whatever isn't nailed down? 

Very little.  
>                                                I was somewhat amazed by 
>this because in Chicago doing this is kind of highly illegal.  Chicago 
>has pretty hefty hotel taxes and the one thing I remember at closing of 
>my place is I had to be read a statement aloud saying I shall not do 
>what this site wants me to do by some lawyer and then had to initial 
>that clause in whatever contract was being signed at the moment.

That was probably part of some Condo/Coop Association covenants.
Such associations -do- tend to frown upon rentals -- be it overnight
or long-term leases -- because tenants tend to be much -less- concerned
about maintaining the common areas than resident owners are.  Which drives
up costs for the -other- owners.  Oddly enough they object to -you- making
money by costing them extra.

>I can't see a business model that depends on people breaking both zoning 
>and licensing laws to survive for long.  It is interesting however.  

It's -usually- not against zoning/licensing *IF* it is rented out only a
_very_ limited number of days/ year.  Doing it as a 'business' *is* contrary
to law, but many jurisdictions have thresholds for what's considered a 
business operation.  And you get some strange distinctions between an 
'innkeeper' and a 'landlord' for a short-term rental.