September 15 Is a Big Day for Airbnb
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September 15 Is a Big Day for Airbnb
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#2I think one of the biggest advantages of the proposed laws is freeing up rent controlled units that are currently be hoarded for Airbnb and not being used as primary residences.
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#3Hey, FYI, blog owner: You're serving some form of terrible dot-matrix font from the 80s ("monserrat") to Chrome/Windows. This was the first time in months I've had to dig in with the inspector and disable a font just so that I could read an article.
Might want to fix that.
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#4Hey, FYI, blog owner: You're serving some form of terrible dot-matrix font from the 80s ("monserrat") to Chrome/Windows. This was the first time in months I've had to dig in with the inspector and disable a font just so that I could read an article. Might want to fix that.
If I recall correctly, this is the (lackof I think) Direct Write bug.
Take a look in About://flags and toggle the one with Direct Write (I think your turning it on) and it should look far prettier.
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#5Hey, FYI, blog owner: You're serving some form of terrible dot-matrix font from the 80s ("monserrat") to Chrome/Windows. This was the first time in months I've had to dig in with the inspector and disable a font just so that I could read an article. Might want to fix that.
Montserrat looks great over here (albeit mac): http://i.imgur.com/BNdPqG0.png
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#6Hey op, not a big deal but I found a spell check error in your post. Last paragraph you say I continue to be memorized when I think you mean mesmerized.
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#7Hey, FYI, blog owner: You're serving some form of terrible dot-matrix font from the 80s ("monserrat") to Chrome/Windows. This was the first time in months I've had to dig in with the inspector and disable a font just so that I could read an article. Might want to fix that.
Montserrat looks great over here (albeit mac): http://i.imgur.com/BNdPqG0.png
Looks fine on Ubuntu 14.04.
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#8One incorrect statement: "Requiring insurance coverage on the property of at least $150k (Airbnb has this covered)"
From Airbnb directly: "The Host Guarantee is not insurance and should not be considered as a replacement or stand-in for homeowners or renters insurance."
Last I'd checked, it didn't cover anything within the building outside the rented unit. And only things within the unit owned by the renter... so no appliances, fixtures, walls, common areas, doors, hallways, etc. Airbnb's site is now very vague on what the 'guarantee' covers.
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#9I don't know how AirBnB works in San Francisco, but in other countries it IS mostly a tax-evading hotel alternative, and renting out primary residences is very, very rare.
I'm looking for rentals in a South American city, and there are quite a few owners with 10+ properties (more the norm than the exception), and I actually prefer those (I've had bad experiences with sloppy hosts, professional hosts haven't let me down yet).
Such regulation in those countries would greatly diminish the appeal of AirBnB to said hosts (they would probably look for an unregulated alternative).
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#10>-Limiting those under rent control provisions to not make more from home-sharing than their rent (some people are not happy about this one)
Hah. Talk about entitled. Complaining they cant rent for market rates while living at below market rates. Not surprising though coming from people who illegally rent out others property.