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Re: Show HN: Short-term rental estimate for sites like Airbnb

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Post by Sleeep »

sundvor wrote: post #46
nick-cortes wrote: post #2

Curious to see how it relates to the mortgage of some houses.

Before going straight for the mortgage repayment question, I wonder how many take up proper insurances to cover worst case scenarios (i.e. property getting fully trashed in a drug/alcohol binge party scenario) - and how much they cost.

I agree with you, however, I just want to point out that a completely destroyed house in a drug binge orgy party isn't even close to the worse case scenario, at least then you can "only" lose 100% of the value of your physical property, maybe ~$300,000. The worse case scenario is someone getting seriously hurt or dying, that could cost millions and has virtually no upper limit - https://medium.com/matter/living-and-dying-on-airbnb-6bff8d6...

Re: Show HN: Short-term rental estimate for sites like Airbnb

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Post by sdubois »

soulnothing wrote: post #50

For my own reference point in Wilmington DE. It was saying daily 130 for home, 55 for room. I rented out rooms at 15$ a night. I was constantly told I was overpriced for the area. Despite providing free weekend breakfast, and Friday night dinners.

$15/night sounds really cheap! $55 for a private room seems reasonable compared to what's on Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/s/Wilmington-de/homes?guests=1&adults...

Re: Show HN: Short-term rental estimate for sites like Airbnb

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Post by dmoy »

edouard1234567 wrote: post #26
muninn_ wrote: post #25

Cool idea, very inaccurate.

Do you have an example?

Well for one, it lists my house as having the wrong number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and then proceeds to give an inaccurate number for rents in the area if you actually go look at Airbnb.

Re: Show HN: Short-term rental estimate for sites like Airbnb

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Post by Retric »

joshvm wrote: post #55
Retric wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lincoln bedroom @ https://whitehouse.gov1.info/visit/index.html 400$ / night. So 7 * 400 * 132 = 369,000 / week. Making that's a hefty bulk discount ;-) PS: And yes this is a parody.

The statement is brilliant, I wonder how they could put that up with a straight face: > We regret to announce that the "White House Overnight Guest Program" will no longer continue under the Trump Administration due to the repeal of the Obama Administration's openness and transparency doctrine. You are welcome, however, to make a reservation to stay at the 5-star Trump International Hotel just down the street. The $4…

Yea, sorry if you got your hopes up. The .info domain and low price seemed a little over the top. But, I came across it a while ago and had to link it based on the GP's post.

Re: Show HN: Short-term rental estimate for sites like Airbnb

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Post by Mediterraneo10 »

samstave wrote: post #34
Mediterraneo10 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are plenty of AirBnB places in fairly touristed places in the developing world for 15-20€/day.

Room or a whole house?

In many countries, in that price range you can find everything. For example, last year on a cycling trip I ended up in an Albanian city on the one weekend a year when all accommodation is fully booked due to a festival. Lucky there was one remaining AirBnB host, and I rented his five-room house for 25€, fees included. He lived elsewhere, I had the whole place to myself (which was total overkill). Most of the other hosts, though unfortunately already booked, were offering rooms or entire spare flats for half that.

Re: Show HN: Short-term rental estimate for sites like Airbnb

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Post by sundvor »

Sleeep wrote: post #61
sundvor wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Before going straight for the mortgage repayment question, I wonder how many take up proper insurances to cover worst case scenarios (i.e. property getting fully trashed in a drug/alcohol binge party scenario) - and how much they cost.

I agree with you, however, I just want to point out that a completely destroyed house in a drug binge orgy party isn't even close to the worse case scenario, at least then you can "only" lose 100% of the value of your physical property, maybe ~$300,000. The worse case scenario is someone getting seriously hurt or dying, that could cost millions and has virtually no upper limit - https://medium.com/matter/living-and-d…

Ah, you're completely right - great point. What a horrible story. :(

Re: Show HN: Short-term rental estimate for sites like Airbnb

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Post by zeep »

joshvm wrote: post #55
Retric wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lincoln bedroom @ https://whitehouse.gov1.info/visit/index.html 400$ / night. So 7 * 400 * 132 = 369,000 / week. Making that's a hefty bulk discount ;-) PS: And yes this is a parody.

The statement is brilliant, I wonder how they could put that up with a straight face: > We regret to announce that the "White House Overnight Guest Program" will no longer continue under the Trump Administration due to the repeal of the Obama Administration's openness and transparency doctrine. You are welcome, however, to make a reservation to stay at the 5-star Trump International Hotel just down the street. The $4…

Obama's openness and transparency? haha.
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