With the rise of Airbnb and other similar services, more and more homeowners are looking to rent out their property on a short-term basis. Whether a homeowner is allowed to do so is a question that can be answered by reviewing the association’s restrictive covenants found in the community’s Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (“CCRs”). This question turns on whether the covenants restrict the property for residential use or for commercial use. The seminal Washington case on this issue is Wilkinson v. Chiwawa Communities Ass’n. 180 Wn.2d 241, 327 P.3d 614, 616 (2014).   Read the entire article……………………………….