EdwinZ
I’m really confused: why do you claim to be a ‘host’ when you’re clearly a landlord?
“Make no mistake, whilst there are many hosts who still harbour warm, fuzzy feelings towards Airbnb, there are also many who long for the day that some viable competition emerges.”
Please: are you talking about renting Residential Housing? Residential Housing is for the housing of Residents, which is totally legal and absolutely accepted. Why are you involved with Airbnb…maximum profits at everyone else’s expense?
Probably no one has ever objected to an investor or landlord renting residential homes to residents. If one’s seeking maximum profits from commercial rentals there is always investment in serviced apartments/hotels etc, etc, which again no one has ever objected to.
On the matter of limiting the number of days a residential property can be short-term let each year, personally I find this scheme ridiculous. If there were no problems with STRs no one would object. But there are massive problems. Why subject neighbours to STRs and its problems for ‘X’ number of days a year…and who will/can ever police such a scheme?
Homes are not Hotels. And neighbourhoods are not Transit Zones/Tourist Camps.