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It's interesting when a two-sided marketplace collapses and the people involved have this "what do I do now" attitude...ummm... the landlords want people to ren

It's interesting when a two-sided marketplace collapses and the people involved have this "what do I do now" attitude...ummm... the landlords want people to rent their place, and the people living their need a place to rent...seems the problem has already solved itself.

hexbinencoded 6y ago
Yup. AirBnB. Craiglist. VRBO/HomeAway. Signs at the laundromat. I guess the presumption is there needs to be enough clickbait via outrage/victimhood to portray the startup as an evildoer by presenting that average people are so completely helpless and inconvenienced by this since they can't even tell which door leads outside. Are thinking, Gargling/DackDackGoething, and/or calling a friend to crash on a couch really so difficult? Perhaps OTOH and in reality though, it was marketed to SV carpet-bagging gold rush-types who have little in the way of business acumen, domain skills, and/or inherent relentless resourcefulness as some sort of "quick fix shortcut" housing-meets-social intros to the right crowds? With the exception of badass folks from completely different countries, RR folks would never need such a service because they already know people. It seems like more of a magical service trying to allow people to "buy-in" to the illusion of a social standing rather than earning/demonstrating their way in; this is the same as a lot of golf clubs, which doesn't confer a sense of community, but who really wants the bar to be so low that anyone is allowed in just because they have money? I'm conflicted on it at as service, but if it makes some people happy even though they're actual stuck at the ITT Technical Institute-Junior Varsity league, whatevs. The story title was a bit clickbait-ish.
gamblor956 6y ago
Read the article before commenting. The primary issue is that landlords and tenants are owed significant amounts of money by HubHaus and they don't know how to collect it because the company has apparently declared bankruptcy without bothering to inform affected parties (i.e., in violation of bankruptcy law). HubHaus transferred its subleases to the landlords, and (new) property managers have already taken over managing the properties and fixing up HubHaus' mess.
fgonzag 6y ago
That was the first thing I thought of. Land lord visits current tenants, and they negotiate or keep the current arrangement

hexbinencoded 6y ago

Yup. AirBnB. Craiglist. VRBO/HomeAway. Signs at the laundromat. I guess the presumption is there needs to be enough clickbait via outrage/victimhood to portray the startup as an evildoer by presenting that average people are so completely helpless and inconvenienced by this since they can't even tell which door leads outside. Are thinking, Gargling/DackDackGoething, and/or calling a friend to crash on a couch really so difficult? Perhaps OTOH and in reality though, it was marketed to SV carpet-bagging gold rush-types who have little in the way of business acumen, domain skills, and/or inherent relentless resourcefulness as some sort of "quick fix shortcut" housing-meets-social intros to the right crowds? With the exception of badass folks from completely different countries, RR folks would never need such a service because they already know people. It seems like more of a magical service trying to allow people to "buy-in" to the illusion of a social standing rather than earning/demonstrating their way in; this is the same as a lot of golf clubs, which doesn't confer a sense of community, but who really wants the bar to be so low that anyone is allowed in just because they have money? I'm conflicted on it at as service, but if it makes some people happy even though they're actual stuck at the ITT Technical Institute-Junior Varsity league, whatevs. The story title was a bit clickbait-ish.

gamblor956 6y ago

Read the article before commenting. The primary issue is that landlords and tenants are owed significant amounts of money by HubHaus and they don't know how to collect it because the company has apparently declared bankruptcy without bothering to inform affected parties (i.e., in violation of bankruptcy law). HubHaus transferred its subleases to the landlords, and (new) property managers have already taken over managing the properties and fixing up HubHaus' mess.

fgonzag 6y ago

That was the first thing I thought of. Land lord visits current tenants, and they negotiate or keep the current arrangement