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That's messed up for the neighbors. Please don't do this.

I don't want to come across as being facetious, but why? At least in my building, there's a large percentage of neighbors who I don't know at all - whether they were renting via Airbnb or owners of their condo, it doesn't make a huge difference to me.

Because those people, even if you don't know them, are part of the community of the building, and for the most part people will respect the building they live in (obviously there are those people who don't as well). When you have strangers coming and going constantly, you lose some security in who is around you and when - and while it might be that the largest percentage of AirBNBers will treat the property with respect (and not just the apartment, but the building), it still increases the overall risk (either directly form bad short-term tenants, or even not properly closing the lobby door, or letting people in behind them that should not be in the building).

Because people don't behave in a hotel as they do at home - they're on holiday after all, so they might come back late drunk, they might want to party, they might make a mess in the hallway. Different people, every night. An unlike an owner, they could be anyone, or bring anyone with them. Basically, you are externalizing all the downside onto your neighbours, while pocketing the upside. It is no surprise that AirBnB started in America.

Upvoted to counter the downvote. US citizen (who went to college in Europe) here and I agree that it's no surprise that AirBnB started in America. I've seen ruthless business practices all over Europe, but there is always a level of social responsibiltiy that is more generally lacking in the US.

Edited to add: Americans almost always say "vacation" instead of "holiday" but you could be a long term expat who is picking up the local language.

Downvoted for the unnecessary nationalistic swipe.

I could be American myself, for all you know.

But, you probably aren't, as you went to college in the UK. So please refrain from your crass generalizations about countries.

That doesn't mean anything these days. UK universities are filled with students from all over the world.

He's breaking the contract with the owners association that he agreed to on purchase. It lowers everybody else's property values and prevents them from selling their unit.

Where'd you get a copy of the contract he signed?

http://valenciahoa.com/admin/uploads/r&r.pdf

Section VIII:

"Short term leases (leases with terms less than 30 days) are prohibited."

Having new, random, unvetted people accessing your building on a daily basis should make a difference to you.

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