How is my data being used here? Not super comfortable giving my address and then giving information about the house when there's no information about how the data is being handled/stored.
That sort of information about your house is already public.
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#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
Waaaaay too high. Probably by an order of magnitude.
Really? For a week? 4 bedrooms potentially sleeps 8 people.
4 bedrooms can sleep more than 8 people. More like 12 possibly. All that matters is the beds layout and your willingness so try and max the sleeping area. This is from experience.
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#93Curious 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.
For a property appraised at 400k a short term vacation policy would cost you ~$2100/year .
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#94I'd add a privacy policy. I didn't want to enter my real address since I didn't know what could be done with my address. I know your intentions are not nefarious, but a simple blurb around what you do w/ collected data would be nice.
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#95Curious to see how it relates to the mortgage of some houses.
Here's a google spreadsheet[1] that i used a few times. This will give you a general idea of where you would be based on mortgage etc, but you need to know the area, possible daily rent value, minimum occupancy etc
[1] - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rCz54o_8Z_9fMkPQyTTZ...
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
Obama's openness and transparency? haha.
To help, since you look to be somewhat new, the downvotes aren't just because this is place a bastion of liberal Democrat support, but because you didn't really contribute with your comment. Make an actual argument with references to back it up and you'll likely still get argument, but not necesarrily downvotes.
For one, Obama was the worst president when it comes to prosecute whistle blowers that brought attention to illegal activities within the Government (it's like the opposite of openness)... Yeah, Obama liked to say that he was transparent or open, but actions speak louder. (I don't think that this needs references, it is a well known fact, but here you go: http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/jan/10/...)
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#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
I think it is a default, 2 bedrooms , 1 bathroom. Wouldn't you be worried if it showed the exact numbers?
No, such data isn't hard to come by.
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#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
Waaaaay too high. Probably by an order of magnitude.
I'd be very curious to know on what you base your judgment. Here is a search on Airbnb for Summerlin Las Vegas 4BR/3Baths and I'd say $200-$250/night looks reasonable (apparently average is $429) https://www.airbnb.com/s/summerlin-las-vegas/homes?allow_ove...
There's a difference between what's listed and what actually moves.
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#99Earlier quoted context omitted.
Really? For a week? 4 bedrooms potentially sleeps 8 people.
4 bedrooms can sleep more than 8 people. More like 12 possibly. All that matters is the beds layout and your willingness so try and max the sleeping area. This is from experience.
The intention is to extract value from your unoccupied home without irritating the neighbors/running a tenement.
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#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
To help, since you look to be somewhat new, the downvotes aren't just because this is place a bastion of liberal Democrat support, but because you didn't really contribute with your comment. Make an actual argument with references to back it up and you'll likely still get argument, but not necesarrily downvotes.
For one, Obama was the worst president when it comes to prosecute whistle blowers that brought attention to illegal activities within the Government (it's like the opposite of openness)... Yeah, Obama liked to say that he was transparent or open, but actions speak louder. (I don't think that this needs references, it is a well known fact, but here you go: http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/jan/10/..…
Firstly, that article itself notes, some of those cases were likely not whistleblowers (they were just relaying government information to news agencies, and even if trying to be transparent I doubt they intended internal negotiations with North Korea and Iran to to transparent while ongoing). Secondly, that's but one aspect of administration transparency, there are many to consider, such as how much other information was released, when it was released, and how complete it was. Looking at one metric, even if it's an important one, and using it as the sole basis for making that judgement, amounts to more of a PR move and clickbait headline than useful assessment.
That said, I agree, Obama didn't appear to run a very open administration. It appeared very secretive. Then again, the prosecuting of of people for leaked information rather than quiet pressure and sanctions is itself a form of transparency (it's also noted in that article that past presidents used many other techniques to pressure reporters instead of the legal system).
In the end, this is a complex enough topic that without a massive investment of time and effort, most arguments are going to have a hefty amount of opinion, making useful discussion hard. It doesn't help that we don't have an easy comparison with Trump's administration. In one respect, it's likely the most open administration there's ever been. I just don't think that's by design...