How to Do Airbnb Legally in Your NYC Apartment

Why TLP made this Class:

• We made this class because many New Yorkers want to engage in the sharing economy by doing Airbnb or other short-term subleasing in their NYC apartments without breaking the law or legally jeopardizing their tenancies.
• New Yorkers want to learn best practices for avoiding trouble if they are doing everything with respect to their short-term subletting legally.
• Thus, we made this class, which comes with a 40-page book, eight video lessons containing 72 minutes of material, and a 30-question quiz.

This class is for the following people:

• people who rent an apartment in a one or two family home
• people who rent an apartment in a building with three or more units
• Rent Stabilized tenants
• free market tenants
• co-op shareholders
• people renting an apartment from a co-op shareholder or condo unit owner
• Interim Multiple Dwelling tenants

In this class, you will learn:

• About the short term leasing law and what exactly is prohibited; we will examin:
  • The Multiple Dwelling Law
  • The Housing Maintenance Code
  • The basic rule about what you can and cannot do in New York City
• How not to confuse short-term subletting with a tenant’s right to a roommate or to sublet
• How a lease can prohibit short-term subletting
• How Rent Stabilized tenants have further prohibitions against short-term subletting
• About co-ops and short-term subletting
• About lofts and short-term subletting
• How tenants may not alter their apartments in order to do short-term subletting
• How your Airbnb activity can be detected, including about how these things are used to detect and prove short-term subletting activity:
  • Your Airbnb activity online
  • Public social media data
  • Other tenants and building personnel
  • Private investigators working for the landlord
  • Keys and lock boxes
• About what can go legally wrong if you do short term subletting in your apartment, including:
  • How you might not be distinguishable from a professional operator
  • How you might get violations and fines from the City
  • About summary holdover proceedings and possible eviction
  • About the Tenant Black List
• How your guest might harm someone or something in the building and create legal liability for you
• What is on a checklist for avoiding short-term subletting legal problems
• About short-term subletting success stories

What will you able to do after you fully take this class?

• You will no longer be confused about what manner of short-term subletting is prohibited in the particular type of apartment you live in, so you can make good decisions about if and how to engage in short-term subletting.
• If the ability to short-term sublet is a big deal for you, you will be better able to choose an apartment and sign a lease that permits such activity.
• You will be able to protect yourself from a landlord who claims you are violating the law if, in fact, you are not.
• You will be able to lessen the chances of encountering several short-term subletting legal problems.

Introductory Sales Price:

• $300
• BONUS: For a limited time, when you purchase this class you also get the TLP class The Laws About Painting Your NYC Apartment for free, which is currently listed at $75.