To Neighbors who Fear AirBnB

Just a thought as usual…My wife and I are AirBnB hosts with one of our homes. The neighbors there are thrilled…because…Our home is now the nicest in the area. It is a must to keep the house beautiful in order to get our … nightly rate AND to receive Great Reviews from our Guests. Unlike Most long term rentals our Home is Maintained and cleaned once or twice a week as Guests check in and out. We have had ZERO visitor problems as we do our due diligence when we screen them.  Again…Unlike Most long term rentals where when you sign the lease you are pretty much stuck with your tenant for a year unless you want to run up high and unrecoverable legal expenses with no guarantee of prevailing. For travelers and hosts alike AirBnB is a Blessing. If you look at how many nights are delivered through this service versus any problems incurred the percentages are Extremely low. There are way more problems with long term tenants… or empty homes…or uncaring property owners and the like. I also find it interesting that the demand for this style of travel in Las Vegas and elsewhere is in part fueled by the entities that want it gone the most…the Greedy Hotel Owners. Yes…you can get a mid week room at a nice resort for $49…but when you check in you find the daily resort fee of $29 plus $10 parking (surely to rise) and of course the room/resort tax…so…WHOOPS!!! your Bargain $49 room is now $100 a night!!! I’m Not young but I do attempt to embrace new technologies which allow people to participate in new ideas and delight in entrepreneurship.  Technology will win in the end…ask Kodak and Polaroid…heck…ask the Taxi authority about Lyft and Uber (BTW you don’t have to wait 45 minutes or longer anymore for a ride from a cab).  Attack on our Neighborhoods? WoW!! I thought that was what Isis is planning…

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