Airbnb Banning Multi-Listing Hosts in SF & NY

[Ariel Smith]

Has anyone read this article that is currently hosting multiple units on Airbnb in either San Francisco or New York City? Even LA or the greater Los Angeles area as it might happen there next.

http://sf.curbed.com/2016/10/19/13331802/airbnb-pu...

I'm interested to see how this will affect hosts who depend on Airbnb to drive traffic to their multiple listings.

[Jake Knight]

Originally posted by @Ariel Smith:

@Charles Worth Yes, that's what I was thinking too. I figure hosts will be able to create additional accounts as workarounds or have "shell" listings but that would still limit their reach. Also, they will lose their valuable reviews if they are forced to create new profiles and start over. 

I'm really interested to see how this plays out in my market in SF. I know a lot of people that have 15+ listings operating through Airbnb so having an account for each listing isn't feasible. I suspect some of those landlords who aren't already listing with services like Homesuite, will move there as a way to supplement lost business.

You work for Homesuite, right? Would probably be important to disclose that when making statements like this.