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These are all the valid questions though? Aren't they? Author is raising these Qs to bring the awareness that Airbnb is not transparent and willing to share the
by gordon_freeman 5y ago
These are all the valid questions though? Aren't they? Author is raising these Qs to bring the awareness that Airbnb is not transparent and willing to share these data with us and that is the point.
- BeetleB 5y agoThe questions are all valid. My beef is that he's not asking to get the answers, but to plant notions in our head. > How many million houses has Airbnb taken off the market so far Is AirBnB expected to know which houses are owner occupied, and which are only occasionally listed? I mean, they can likely infer it from how often a unit is listed as available, but I doubt they make people disclose that. Same point for the other one. There are independent ways to study this. You don't need to rely on AirBnB to find it out. A simple Google search reveals this: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/airbnb-probably-isnt-driving-rents-up-much-at-least-not-yet/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/airbnb-probably-isnt-dr... Granted, it's a bit old, but could he have not done this before posting it?