Actually that's what they did, since residential usage like AirBNB is generally against zoning in these areas.
And you're focused on the selfish aspects of property rights without considering the benefits towards the commons they can confer, like keeping quiet residential areas quiet residential areas rather than high-traffic transient areas just because someone threw up a website.
you're missing my point that property rights and laws(zoning) change with (in response, forced by) technological development and innovation.
>And you're focused on the selfish aspects of property rights without considering the benefits towards the commons they can confer
again, my point was that specific property rights have their time when they are actually helping advancing the civilization, yet they are meaningless before their time and delay progress after.
As AirBNB helps more fully utilize buildings, it seems it is a plus for civilization and the laws/zoning preventing effective use of resources start to become obstacles in the way of progress.