A Tennessee woman turned a millionaire's private 55-acre playground into an Airbnb empire with a replica Noah's ark and a treehouse mansion where guests can stay from $97 a night

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The wooden ark
The Ark rents for $170 a night on Airbnb and sleeps up to four people.

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I work remotely from vacation rentals. It's cheaper than rent or a mortgage — here's how I find good deals and choose where to go next.

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Michelle Joy in Vienna.

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I bought a $775,000 Palm Springs house to rent on Airbnb when I was 25. It's not as profitable as I thought it would be.

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Shelby Church.

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Airbnb has descended on America's small cities. Now locals must decide how to contain it.

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Short-term rentals, such as the accommodations available on Airbnb and Vrbo, are at the center of nationwide debates over how to regulate them.

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An Airbnb host who was left with a $640 utility bill suspects guests left the gas and water taps running after he did not meet their cancellation request

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An Airbnb host in South Korea had to deal with a huge utility bill.

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I bought 2 Airbnb tiny houses and put them in my yard. It started as an easy way to make extra cash — now it's my primary source of income.

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Ansel Troy posing for a photo in the doorway of one of his tiny homes.

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An artist turned a studio that's 18 feet high into a tiny home and rents it on Airbnb for $112 a night

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The studio is in Castleton, Ontario.

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A man got a priest's blessing to convert a 137-year-old church into an Airbnb that rents for at least $200 a night. See the transformation.

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Over two years, Kyle Rooney converted an 1886-built Minneapolis church into an Airbnb that rents for $200 and up a night.

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A flight instructor in Alaska bought 3 disused cargo planes and is turning them into Airbnbs — take a look at the project

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Flight school Alaska.
Flight school Alaska

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The next threat to Airbnb: Superhosts want to leave the platform and take their listings with them

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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on stage at a 2018 event in San Francisco, California.

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