Ok looking for some advice. We have a duplex that we rent to a LLC "Tenant" our normal lease they are allowed to rent out on STR's. Our tenant has a guest booked, that stopped paying and claims they can not be evicted. Our tenant has asked them to leave and the guest has not left. The "guest" filed a complaint with AG. Our tenant claims it is not a lease it is like a hotel. The AG has been asking us as the property owner to get our tenant to stop "harassing" the guest. Do we have a legal right to tell a tenant what to do and stop "harassing" the guest. The access card stopped because the term on the stay was day to day paid by the week. AG and Guest is claiming this is a lease until August per some text messages that the dates will be blocked out to August. The AG keeps added us as the property owner to the complaints. Does anyone have any ideas where we stand on this as the property owner with a tenant that has a lease that we allow to Short term rental, we know that that is there business model.
I'm sorry you have to deal with this. Where did your tenant find their sub tenant? Do they use a channel manager like Airbnb or vrbo? will those channel manager able to help out? do you have insurance or your tenant has insurance that can cover the unpaid rent(some commercial insurance allow you to file for disturbance of business)
Ok looking for some advice. We have a duplex that we rent to a LLC "Tenant" our normal lease they are allowed to rent out on STR's. Our tenant has a guest booked, that stopped paying and claims they can not be evicted. Our tenant has asked them to leave and the guest has not left. The "guest" filed a complaint with AG. Our tenant claims it is not a lease it is like a hotel. The AG has been asking us as the property owner to get our tenant to stop "harassing" the guest. Do we have a legal right to tell a tenant what to do and stop "harassing" the guest. The access card stopped because the term on the stay was day to day paid by the week. AG and Guest is claiming this is a lease until August per some text messages that the dates will be blocked out to August. The AG keeps added us as the property owner to the complaints. Does anyone have any ideas where we stand on this as the property owner with a tenant that has a lease that we allow to Short term rental, we know that that is there business model.
I don't believe that you, as owner, are liable, however much like everyone here says "keep every tenant on the lease no matter what" so you have more avenues to litigate, the AG is doing using the same approach. As the property owner, they will keep you named in the complaint so you put pressure on your tenant. It'll be up to you to hire an attorney to push them off your back.
If I were in your shoes, I would meet with an attorney and get advice.