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Got super sick. Like near death level. Recovery took a year. Would be homeless if I hadn’t been able to run an Airbnb. It paid most of my housing cost. Chan
by treeman79 7y ago
Got super sick. Like near death level. Recovery took a year. Would be homeless if I hadn’t been able to run an Airbnb. It paid most of my housing cost.
Changing a room over would take 1-6 hours because I was so weak and slow.
But it gave me time to recover and start working again.
I found keeping price up kept the trouble makers away.
Being super flexible on everything Kept rooms booked near 100%.
Glad to not be doing it anymore but it probably saved my life.
Meet lots of interesting people. Several stories from it.
I also own a LOT of air filters now due to all the the various international cooking.
- pjc50 7y agoIt seems that all the positive airbnb stories are "people renting out part of the house they live in to guests" and all the negative ones are "absentee landlord buys property specifically for the purpose, hires immigrants to do the turnover at below minimum wage and overfills it". If they'd kept to the first model they wouldn't be so widely hated. AirBnb has driven the cost of normal long-term rental property in city centers up to almost the cost of hotel rooms while reducing its availability.
- dorchadas 7y agoYeah, I don't think the hatred for AirBnB would be anywhere near the levels it is if it was just people renting out parts of their house to guests. It's the fact people are buying up (or building properties) that were/would be long-term without AirBnB that's upsetting people. This is what's pushing the price up everywhere, as rentiers realize that can make more money from short-term lets.