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Nomadic: Zipcar for apartments, for people who only need the Internet to work.

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Re: Nomadic: Zipcar for apartments, for people who only need the Internet to work.

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Post by koenigdavidmj »

pskettiwestern wrote: post #28
briansmith wrote: post #18

This is basically a timeshare company, except the condos will be in places nobody ever wants to go to on vacation, right?

Haha - except when you say, "places nobody ever wants to go on vacation," I read, "places that aren't boring, but may not be on the beach."

So, Fargo ND?

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Post by koenigdavidmj »

tamarindo wrote: post #43
haily wrote: post #32

Would tents strategically placed next to apartments with open wifi work?

In places like downtown Tokyo you may encounter some resistance.

Yeah, the car coming down the road might not like your putting a tent in the middle of it.

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Post by spaghetti »

Another useful insight: I rent an apartment with a standard lease. I'm gone almost every weekend and definitely gone for at least nine hours per day monday through friday. Someone could easily use my apartment for an office (in the context of current discussion) while I'm not home since it has internet, chair, desk, couch, fridge, stove, heat, air conditioning, water, bathroom etc. The point is: my fully functioning apartment is vacant about 55% of the time (9 hrs/day five days a week + 48 hours on the weekend)... and these are contiguous blocks of time (9 hours straight on weekdays and 48 hours straight on the weekends). Seems like someone could use this space. (and I think many other people are in the same situation)

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Post by revicon »

briansmith wrote: post #18

This is basically a timeshare company, except the condos will be in places nobody ever wants to go to on vacation, right?

Isn't it usually the case that someone "buys" a timeshare, in that they purchase a share of a place, and then get to use it for a certain amount of time per year?

If they're following the zipcar model, someone would pay a monthly fee for as long as they're interested in using the service and then would reserve a spot in whatever is available as they need it.

Re: Nomadic: Zipcar for apartments, for people who only need the Internet to work.

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Post by Vivtek »

stcredzero wrote: post #44

One thing I've noticed while posting for a sublet is that there's a lot of "scrap" left over in housing both demand and supply. My landlord required 60 days notice, so after the premature ending of my last project, I'm on a lease for two months I don't need. There are tons of people who have gaps between leases and need housing for the odd month or two, and there are tons stuck with ends of leases they don't want. La…

Having been a landlord (I quit when I realized I had lost the last vestiges of my faith in humanity) I would say "Holy crap, not in my place" to this.

As an Internet denizen who travels, I love the idea - but I have no idea how you'd protect people from the many, many jerks out there who think it's funny to break windows and stab refrigerators during parties.

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