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The first time I used AirBnB in SF, the renter invited me to use all the facilities of his apartment complex, including as much free coffee as I wanted, the gym, swimming pool, etc.

This struck me as not particularly sustainable. It also struck me as morally questionable. It was only a matter of time before the chickens eventually came home to roost...

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If that tenant had had a roommate, would that roommate not be consuming the same facilities? If so, would that be morally questionable?

At the end of the day, that tenant is probably paying homeowner's due proportional to the square footage of their unit. e.g. someone with 2 rooms is likely paying twice as much in dues as someone with 1 room.

I know that when I rented the penthouse unit in an apartment building with my father, we were paying almost 2x as much in building dues as the other units in the building, since we has 2x the space. Our roommates used the same facilities we did.

The tenant in question had converted his living room and kitchen into multiple additional "bedrooms" so that he could handle more capacity via AirBnB

In some cases the distinction may be subtle; in this case, not really.

He had people sleeping in the kitchen? Sleeping on the couch makes sense, but converting the kitchen into a sleeping area certainly sounds like an outlier.

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