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I've run airbnbs and I've stayed in a lot if them. Except for a few duds, the experience has been so much better than traditional hotels, there is no comparison.
Backlash against strs feels like more nimbyism and I'm incredibly skeptical that it will result is the claimed outcomes.
I wouldn't have been able to buy a house in Seattle if we weren't able to increase our income by renting half of it out on airbnb.
I travel with my kids. Staying in a traditional hotel is incredibly expensive when you have to book three rooms everywhere you go. Renting a 2br or 3br apartment with a kitchen is such a better deal.
However, we also avoid really big/popular cities.
I feel that pre- and during covid, if you were renting a place on airbnb from a non-pro host you had a good chance to get a nice well kept place. Specifically because people did what you describe: split off a place, or rent out inherited property. Post-covid, it feels like everyone puts their place for rent for exorbitant amounts of money, rents a cheaper place for themselves for the duration - more of a hustle? Not sure if that makes sense.
For me personally, it takes me much longer now to find a good place for a good price than 4-5 years ago. Also because I rent for 1-3 months often.
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We've found 4-6 weeks is a sweet spot.
As a host or as a guest?
4 weeks is too little for me because I'd lose too much time to travel, especially if I have some gigs in the middle, so for me, 4-5 weeks is the exception... twice a year maybe as a bridging solution. I've personally found that 3x3 months and then some time between them filled with a vacay, and some gig work where I don't have a base and kindly request to dump my suitcase with family or friends for a few weeks works best.
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I wouldn't have been able to buy a house in Seattle if we weren't able to increase our income by renting half of it out on airbnb.
Smart. I've often thought that would be a great idea.
And that way (correct me if I'm wrong), you don't get caught by the regulation that forbids AirBnBs, because you are living in the same house. I believe much of the regulation is caused by the fact that sometimes people hold huge parties in these houses, and the neighbors complain.