An Aussie landlord has questioned his rights after discovering a tenant turned the investment into a lucrative Airbnb side hustle that generated about $23,000 in just one year.<\/p>\n
The Sydney landlord said he was shocked to find his own property listed on Airbnb and generating about $450 a week \u2013 an income of which he never saw a cent.<\/p>\n
The landlord said the tenant turning the property into a side hustle without seeking permission had left him stunned.<\/p>\n
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The Sydney landlord was shocked to find his tenant profiting from the investment property.<\/p>\n
\u201cI kept rent increases modest because I know how tough things are for tenants at the moment, particularly in Sydney,\u201d he told Yahoo News<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cSo you can imagine my shock when I discovered my tenant has been listing my apartment on Airbnb without my permission.<\/p>\n \u201cFor more than a year, they appear to have been renting it out to strangers and pocketing around $450 a week while I had absolutely no idea it was happening.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel completely blindsided. I trusted them to look after my property, not turn it into a short-term rental business. What are my rights?\u201d<\/p>\n The Sydney investor questioned what legal rights he had to terminate the tenant\u2019s lease and claim some of the Airbnb profits.<\/p>\n It is a situation that Maurice Blackburn legal expert Jillian Barrett said could be pretty straight forward in one area while proving difficult in the other.<\/p>\n The landlord may have grounds to terminate the lease.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n