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7 Reasons Why Airbnb is Heaven for Real Estate Moguls 1. Airbnb profits are dominated by big commercial landlords who raked in $168 million in just one city. According to a report by the New York State Attorney General, large-scale commercial operators on Airbnb “dominated the platform, generating 36% of all rental transactions and collecting […]

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I submitted a freedom of information request with the Federal Trade Commission, asking for any complaints filed with the FTC about Airbnb. The vast majority were from consumers swindled by people posing as property owners who asked to be paid by wire transfer. Some of these consumers lost thousands of dollars.

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A Montauk homeowner has fallen victim of an Airbnb rental gone wild after his summer tenants threw loud parties, enjoyed outdoor sex and caused a ruckus with the neighbors. John Templeman, a lawyer and Australian native, rented his four-bedroom home on South Federal Street on Airbnb for $1,600 a night while he was out of the […]

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The only thing worse than having your accommodation plans fall through on you while travelling is getting either robbed, sick, or attacked. A few months ago, I experienced three out of those four things in the space of about two weeks.

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Imagine renting your apartment or house out on Airbnb and later learning it’s been used for an orgy. Imagine the cleaning bill. Airbnb management began contingency planning for such scandals a year ago. And then such a scandal happened earlier this month. New York comedian Ari Tenman’s apartment was used for an orgy that left in its […]

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