AirBnb private room and HOA rules

[Derrick Lloyd]

Hi,

I live in a 2bd/2ba condo an currently rent a room to a friend.  I found out that he will be moving out in a couple months, so I am exploring different options of what to do for the second room.

One of the potentially most profitable options is to rent it out as a private room on AirBnb. The only issue with this is the HOA CC&Rs (essentially the rules).

I found one rule that applies to vacation rentals an says:

"....no owner shall rent, lease or let his unit for transient or hotel purposes.  Any lease or rental which is either for a period of less than 30 days or pursuant to which the lessor provides any services primarily associated with a hotel shall be deemed to be for transient or hotel purposes."

My understanding of this rule is at it applies to the entire unit not just a part of the unit.  I wanted to get some opinions on my analysis.

[Jon Crosby]

Great question @Derrick Lloyd!  At first I was sure it just meant 'no can do' but the more I read it and think about it, since you will technically be a hosted situation where you would be there to make sure the renters do not run amok in the building they may allow it.  Either they did not think about it enough when they were writing that specific language in the CC&R's OR they are actually OK with that situation and it's specifically omitted.   

In the end, the path of least resistance is to just reach out and ask them. I'm assuming you had to notify them of the friend living there anyway so I would guess you already have a communication channel to reach out thru.  

Good luck to you! You are a brave sole opening a room in your home to STR guests, but I guess when I was single and in my youth I might have done the same thing if it meant it could pay for my home and meet cool and interesting people all the time! :)

Cheers!

~Jon