Need Help! How can I enforce removing Airbnb listing as an owner

[Joshua Yang]

Hello fellow investors!

I am recently running into a nasty situation with my business partner, involving an Airbnb listing and selling a house.

My partner and I are flipping a house through a JV agreement. I am the capital investor who is the sole owner of the property. My partner is responsible for rehab and sell the house. Nobody can lease the house for any purpose. All of these are stated in the JV.

The rehab was done a while ago. The house has been listed on market for a few months and not moving anywhere. my partner started pocketing income by listing the house on Airbnb without any written consent from me. It has been creating tremendous difficulties for showings since the property is always occupied and Airbnb guests of course are not happy about open house or potential buyers visiting. And some of potential buyers are kicked out by tenants.

My partner has been ignoring my requests to cancel the listing. Surprisingly, Airbnb refuses to make any enforcement for this. All they are willing to offer is to forward a letter to the host who is my business partner. 

My highest priority here is to sell the house and recoupe my capital back. With Airbnb in the way, I can hardly do it. Any suggestions on how I can legally take the house back and remove it from Airbnb website? Again, I am the sole owner of the house. There should be plenty of ways to do it legally. Can you please suggest one which is most efficient and causes less damage?

Thanks in advance!

[Nathan Gesner]

@Joshua Yang

I agree you can file a complaint with Airbnb but they aren't the problem. You need to hire an attorney and enforce the agreement with your partner. He clearly doesn't take you seriously so hit him hard and shut him down. If you keep toying around with him, he will keep pushing boundaries.