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I agree wholeheartedly that Air and others (HomeAway/VRBO, FlipKey, etc...) tend to encourage scofflaws and the ignorant, intentionally or not. These sites do give (scant) lip service to compliance issues, but they could be much more proactive in ensuring that those who are listing properties on the sites are in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and/or they could be much more cooperative with authorities trying to enforce the laws and regs. At the same time, these sites are quick to enforce their own terms of service and create barriers against users circumventing their systems (i.e. to avoid having to pay commission or service fees). Rather hypocritical!