I'm an Airbnb host who gives my guests no chores. I bring in up to $2,000 a month just renting my NYC-area apartment on weekends.

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Christina Kochis' Jersey City apartment with blue and white furniture and a gold-accented gallery wall
Christina Kochis' Jersey City apartment

Christina Kochis

A town that became 'one giant Airbnb' is now facing a reckoning

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Two cabins in Hochatown sit on the edge of Broken Bow Lake
Hochatown, Oklahoma.

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A woman transformed a 130-acre property in New York into an organic farm complete with a cozy yurt. Now it's on the market for just over $2 million — take a look.

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The biodynamic property is on sale for just over $2 million.
The biodynamic property is on sale for just over $2 million.

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A tenant stopped paying rent and listed his landlord's home on Airbnb. The landlord is now stuck living in his van.

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On left, a white three story house. On right, a brown dog sleeping in a white van
Jason Roth's home, left. Jason Roth's van, right.

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Airbnb used to be about crashing on a stranger's couch for cheap. Now Wall Street wants in.

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A man wearing a blue suit sitting on a white couch beside a desk in front of an exposed brick wall with a big blue suitcase next to him. He's in an Airbnb.
Toronto Star reporter David Bateman poses with his suitcase after his year staying with Airbnb in Toronto.

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The best evidence yet that banning Airbnbs will make rent go down

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The Airbnb logo transforms into simple line drawing of a house with two windows and a front door
A new study found that an Airbnb ban in Irvine, California lead to rent price decreases.

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An Airbnb 'tenant from hell' who stayed at a California rental for 570 days without paying has finally left the property

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Aleksandar Jovanovic, a Airbnb landlord, stands on the deck of his Los Angeles home.
Aleksandar Jovanovic, a Airbnb landlord, stands on the deck of his Los Angeles home.

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An Airbnb host whose SF duplex was flooded by a guest says she only got enough compensation to 'make a difference' after posting on X

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San Francisco's Mission District. Erika Gemzer says her home in the area was flooded by Airbnb guests.

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A Taylor Swift Airbnb is a bachelorette dream home where megafans can bask in her "Eras" for up to $1,400 a night

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Neon pink and purple living room with a wall plastered in Taylor Swift tour posters
The living area of Kelly Straka's Taylor Swift-themed Arizona Airbnb.

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Surf breaks, yacht trips, and digital detox cabins, here are some of the top perks at companies outside of Big Tech.

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Unplugged has 20 digital detox cabins across the UK
Unplugged, a UK-based company, partners with employers to help them give their staff three to four day stays in its digital detox cabins.

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