I truly believe this is not the norm from the air bnb host community.
They did suspend his properties however he jumped right in with the minimum possible to get the listing back going. I also had to take a day off work as his reported my truck to DMV. It is legally registered but still took me a full day to clear his complaint. The properties are very unique and are hard to visualize. Also the driveway is his property and I have an easement. This is important as the sheriff can’t get involved because it is civil. He can legally block my access forcing me to go to court to sue against the civil agreement.
He is very reactive and I am picking my battles to ensure my effort and possible issues from retaliation are value added.
it is a pretty large property and the path between the pool and house are now via the shared drive. Making it very difficult to monitor traffic as a standard family of four might set off hundreds of alerts over a weekend just going to the back yard. This is partially due to the way the property is but he also closed off the other entrance forcing more activity through the shared area of the driveway.
I have monitored my property and the shared property. I have talked to air bnb and plan to submit a data dump to ensure that there is enough to warrant changes. I just need to ensure it is enough to offset the retaliation.
I am also waiting to see if the property gets foreclosed on. He is commenting mortgage fraud as it was purchased with a FHA loan. Once I’m convinced that FHA or the mortgage company will not take action I will be more aggressive on my end. He also just listed the home as a fitness center. This will open up more avenues as customers of the business falls under different rules than guests.
I really appreciate the input. Now that he has multiple listing I will look at my options for complaints. I did not realize they suspend all listings.