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> Airbnb will loathe the day it decided not to fight back against people buying 10 to 15 apartments and renting them via large scale operations on their platfor
by foobar1962 7y ago
> Airbnb will loathe the day it decided not to fight back against people buying 10 to 15 apartments and renting them via large scale operations on their platform.
Airbnb quickly realised, like the people that were buying and renting out all those apartments, that more is more. The mom and pop single-room listings are hard work and low margin, as are the people that typically stay in them. The real money is in business travellers and professionally run accommodation.
- jfk13 7y agoIf that's the market they (both Airbnb and the "hosts" on their platform) want to serve, fine. That business is usually called "hotels", and is subject to a bunch of regulations around zoning, taxes, inspections, health & safety....