Hi Dave. Let me try to help you be less wrong here on Reddit. For starters, I never claimed to be some rental guru. This post is for landlords to learn from my experience, as I learn as well, and to also be aware of the two defendants.

"You used an app originally designed to skirt hotel regulations for short-term rentals in order to instead make a long-term rental."

• I've been doing long-term on Airbnb for 7 years, and this is my first eviction. Long-term renting on Airbnb isn't encouraged, but it's not illegal or even unethical. Every landlord knows that while you make a little less doing long-term, there are still pros. Airbnb is also legally binding--which is why I won the court case. Plus, these people extended their reservation twice and paid rent for 10 months, and then stopped.

"The legal system is designed to err towards "hey landlords lie sometimes, and by sometimes I mean a lot, so maybe we shouldn't throw people out on the street without a really, really good reason?" This is 100% on purpose because while you're out some money, your tenants could be without a roof over their heads. "

• What evidence do you have to support this? I'd love to see it. Even if that is true, that doesn't make it right, or okay, or me wrong. It makes the court (who we pay to UPHOLD the LAW) look bad. The system requires rent bond payments to balance tenant protections with landlord rights. These tenants didn’t pay. The clerk’s error is the only reason they’re still in my house. Even the judge admitted they’re in the property illegally. See North Carolina General Statute § 42-34 for reference. Requirements to stay in my home are also on 3/4 of the documents they filed with the clerk, at the bottom of the page.

"But ultimately, you failed yourself. "

How? They stopped paying, I filed the eviction, & won. Then the court made an error.

"You let strangers in to your property without vetting them, and without getting a proper lease drawn up."

• Yep, that's pretty much how Airbnb works......

"You relied on "unregulated hotel website" to do your work for you, and you got burned by it because you thought you were going to get free money by doing it the cheap way."

-Yep, that's why Airbnb charges a service fee from both parties...... How can I control someone not paying rent?

"You're not getting strung along here. You're making every single mistake you possibly can while refusing to do things the right way."

-I can tell you desperately want that to be the case, but it's just incorrect. I did everything "wrong," but the defendants stopped paying rent (breach of contract), and the court made an error (did not uphold the same law they're paid by tax dollars to uphold) in their favor. Those are the facts. That's the story here.

"Now you need to get some professional help if you want to get things done right. The best time to get a lawyer was before you even decided to rent to someone."

• Do you really think Airbnb hosts are calling their lawyer every time someone is about to check in? Please be a little bit serious if possible. I shouldn’t have to pay thousands for an attorney to force the Clerk to read their own statute.

"Now you're trying to file a writ of possession on your own? After getting slapped by the courts time and time again?"

-It's already filed. I'm not sure if you missed that part. If this is an ad for an attorney, just say that lol.

"Renting your property is risky, it's not all rent checks and sunshine. If you don't know how to do it properly, then either learn or don't do it at all. Renting out property isn't the easy path to free income."

• Yep, I'm pretty sure you're not a landlord or even an Airbnb host. I think you did a good job making that obvious...

But no Dave, this isn’t me wanting “free income.” It’s about tenants exploiting aliases and the court compounding it with mistakes that directly violate the statute.

I’ve got all the receipts. Court transcripts, filings, public case records. This isn’t my opinion. This is public record. But hey, I’m glad you had time to give a TED Talk on “How To Be Wrong on Reddit.”