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"You can suddenly have a neighbor or a apartment in the same building become a revolving door for strangers who don't care about the community, who are giving money to landlords who simply aren't present."

i currently live in an apartment with two full time airbnb units (out of 6); the two units are over-occupied (each advertising 16 guests in what should be a 2 or 3 person apartment). the airbnb host has an agreement with the landlord, where they pay the landlord an extra 30%/40% a month per unit and get to run their airbnb. none of the neighbors particularly like the airbnb units or the guests and our building is now known as the "airbnb building" on our block.

i've talked to the landlord (who is mostly absentee), the host (who runs 5 airbnbs) and to airbnb (through their official channels) and no one will budge (on lowering the number of guests) or concede that living next to a full time airbnb with 16 guests is terrible.

in the future, i will not live / rent a property that is being managed solely as an investment / way to earn money for the landlord and will pay special attention to any airbnbs nearby before moving in. aside from the noise and usual complaints you'd expect from having an airbnb as a neighbor, one particular side effect is that it reduces the neighborhood social-ness (compared to the previous places i've lived). our living space is actually more closed off because there is a steady stream of large groups of strangers in our building.

[SmellTheGlove]

You may have other recourse. Many local governments restrict the number of unrelated occupants in a housing unit based on size, number of bedrooms, etc. to prevent exactly this. It's a big fire safety concern in addition to being a burden on neighbors. In any case, review your local regs.