A New York City Airbnb host was shut down under the short-term rental law. He's now renting his basement illegally on Facebook and making crucial income after he was laid off.

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Row houses in Queens, New York.
Row houses in Queens, New York.

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A retired boomer moved from Florida to Panama to start life anew after her husband and son died. Everything is cheaper, she said, and life has been much calmer.

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Janet Sussman moved from Florida to Panama over a decade ago.

Janet Sussman

The 'worst moment' of Sam Altman's OpenAI ousting happened just before midnight, Airbnb CEO said

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Airbnb's Brian Chesky was reportedly one of the first people OpenAI's Sam Altman contacted when he was fired.

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I spent thousands renovating a 2,000-square-foot home — but these 5 cheap upgrades actually made the biggest difference

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Stone fireplace with wood leather couch and gray chair next to it and white walls
Renovating our rental home cost thousands, but some of the cheapest upgrades were the most effective.

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NYC shuttered 80% of its Airbnbs in an attempt to make housing more affordable. All that's done so far is make hotels more expensive.

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Barcelona plans to ban short-term rentals, hitting the owners of 10,000 apartments

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The Basílica de la Sagrada Família in Barcelona.
The Basílica de la Sagrada Família is one of Barcelona's most famous sites.

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A real-estate investor was fined $180,000 for running an Airbnb. He says his tenant is to blame for renting it out.

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Rows of identical homes with uniform driveways and streets stretch towards the desert
A Las Vegas homeowner accused of running an unauthorized Airbnb for years says that his renter is to blame.

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Airbnb host battles nightmare guest squatters who refuse to leave after 8 months, say they're 'legal residents'

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A woman blurred with her back to the camera looks at the door of a house that has a letter posted on it
An Airbnb host in North Carolina is battling guests who are now squatters refusing to leave.

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A tenant accused of turning a $1.7M LA home into an illegal Airbnb says he did nothing wrong and will sue his landlord

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Drone shot of homes in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
Homes in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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A woman rented out her $1.7M LA home — then her tenant left the country and turned it into an illegal Airbnb: report

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Drone shot of single family homes in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
Drone shot of homes in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

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