When I moved to New York over seven years ago, it wasn’t easy finding an apartment. Internet rental listings had not yet caught on; I actually had to pick up the phone and call (gasp!) a broker or a friend to help locate available apartments. Since then, there has been a proliferation of web sites … Continue Reading
This is a follow-up to an earlier blog post on this issue from March, 2014. On March 25th, I posted about the legal implications of using on-line apartment-renting services like AirBnB. Specifically, the post discussed how AirBnB hosts should be mindful of their state’s tax laws and occupancy laws. A few days after the post, … Continue Reading
This post was also written by Leah Speckhard Last weekend, I came across an interesting story on my Facebook news feed. It detailed how a New York comedian had rented out his apartment for the weekend using a popular website, AirBnB, only to come back and find that his apartment had been used to host … Continue Reading
