> Be careful, Airbnb owners. <
That happened to a friend of mine, in a semi-rural area no less. He rented his Airbnb room out. Then at the end of the week, the couple decided they simply weren’t leaving. And they stopped paying rent.
The cops wouldn’t intervene. They said it was a civil matter.
After a month or so of filing court papers, etc. my friend finally paid the couple to leave. I was curious about how much he paid them. But I didn’t ask, as I didn’t want to embarrass him.
That story seems suspicious. The AirBnB case manager would be involved. AirBnB could compensate the owner and then go after the renter for it.
Your friend may have tried a side deal, circumventing AirBnB (likely at the request of the con artists), and then got jammed up. Your friend couldn't then have the con artists trespassed because he wouldn't have the confirmation from AirBnB.