Why is Airbnb allowed to operate a real estate business in Hawaii without a real estate license? 

Is Airbnb paying Hawaii general excise tax on the gross income that it generates in Hawaii like every other real estate company in Hawaii?

Why is Airbnb exempt from the licensing and tax laws that every other person and company in the real estate business must comply?

Where’s the Real Estate Commission and Department of Taxation in all of this? Why are they just looking the other way?