Homeowners faced an Airbnb nightmare as renters left them facing huge fines
Man, the more I read stories like this about AirBnB the more I want them to fail.  People hate regulations until they get screwed, and suddenly they understand that sometimes regulations exist for a reason.  Beyond that though, what I despise is that AirBnB seems to reap all the profits and accept none of the blame.  They fought to avoid paying taxes and whined when they lost, they refuse to take down listings when presented with evidence of them being illegal, they purposefully make complying with authorities difficult, they got their start by effectively breaking the terms of agreement on craigslist and spamming people like crazy to kickstart traffic to their site.<p>I love the idea of sharing homes.  I just hate how AirBnB is doing it, and the more I read about them (obviously the media is writing articles to get clicks, so I&#x27;m sure it&#x27;s somewhat biased) the more I think we&#x27;d be better off without them.