Startup offers to build studio apartments in homeowners' backyards and split the rental income

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@tsath

I can tell you that the details will come down to the homeowner has no power to vet or evict but has a responsibility to maintain. The company has the power to vet and evict but no liability if it goes wrong. If there are problems it will come down to arbitration with a arbitrator hired by the company. Of course you can send an email to their customer service address and expect a prompt and courteous response.

Founder and CEO, Jeltz, responded to criticism of his company’s allegedly onerous terms:

“We simply provide a way for homeowners to make additional income without the financial strain of self-funding property improvements. All of the completely reasonable terms of our contracts are readily available in a file cabinet in our office on Mercury, at the bottom of a mine shaft, under 20 meters of hydrochloric acid populated by mutated pirhanha.”