[Update Final] Tenant is renting out my apartment on AirBnB. Tenant isn't responding, AirBnB doesn't care, and my condo board is threatening to fine me for each violation. I have no idea how to even h

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Officially as of today Jane has vacated my apartment, and building management has changed the locks. We were able to come to a signed agreement where she agreed to vacate the property within 7 days if i refunded her last two months of rent. (~4200$). Which i did. Honestly between this and my other legal fees i am basically in the hole, and i would have been better off not having anyone rent my apartment.

I talked to someone who is doing a story on Jane, and they were able to confirm that she apparently works for a company rents out places on AirBNB (said person who was doing a story basically told me they weren't going to pursue this anymore due to time concerns). She isn't a grad student nor is she even a student.

I don't feel like i won, and honestly i just feel absolutely infuriated with the entire situation. AirBNB to this day still has my place being listed on AirBNB. Who knows why she doesn't have keys anymore.

My apartment is a disaster right now and from what my property manager has stated it seems like people definitely did smoke in my apartment. There are burns on my couch from cigarette, my dishwasher is broken, and pretty much everything needs a desperate deep clean. But my apartment is safe more or less.

Anyways i wanted to thank everyone for your advice. It probably isn't the best ending but it taught me an extremely valuable lesson, and i can go home at Christmas and hopefully clean my apartment.

peabodygreen on November 22nd, 2018 at 04:37 UTC »

I honestly can’t believe Jane used a property she was renting out illegally as a source of income and ended up with a hefty settlement in the end. How tf does this happen?? OP, you got fucking robbed.

purpleyogamat on November 22nd, 2018 at 03:43 UTC »

I still can't figure out why Airbnb won't remove the listing at the owners request. Can I list Tom Cruises house? What about 1600 Pennsylvania Drive?

zoemi on November 22nd, 2018 at 02:55 UTC »

This update is pretty infuriating. I can't believe there's no way to recoup all of those damages, especially now that it's known she was working for a company.