Short Term Lease Laws – Airbnb is one of the most accessible tools of the new sharing economy. However, to legally list your property on their site in the city of Austin you must first acquire a Short Term Lease License. This is a lengthy and expensive process that makes it difficult to legally participate. In this story I will seek to answer the questions of how much it costs and who benefits from these regulations as well as who loses out. I will attempt to retrace the steps of someone attempting to acquire a short term lease. – O’BRIEN