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"I am not sure there’s a near term alternative to this process — new ways of doing things will never see the light of day if step 1 is always “ask permission”. The answer will nearly always be no, and new ideas won’t have a chance to prove themselves."

Usually the regulations are in place for a reason. Someone has already tried those things. Maybe not "on the internet" or "with an app", but they've been done. Trying to skirt lodging and rental regulation by using your apartments as hotel rooms, bypassing both hotel taxes and rent control is not new.