Exactly. This restraining order was the first I had heard from my landlord that he didn't want us airbnb'ing. A phone call and I would have stopped. I knew it was too good to be true.
When I wrote this I wasn't looking for sympathy. Most hosts probably have nothing to worry about. What's interesting is that my landlord became my Airbnb rival. The internet's magic is enabling disintermediation -- as the tenant, I was the middleman, and my lease gave him a way to cut me out.