I entered a bidding war to land an apartment. It was way more brutal than I expected.

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A auction gavel hits the top of a New York apartment, sending yellow sparks from its perimeter. Anonymous hands raise numerous prices as they bid on this apartment amid a light blue background
At every step of my apartment hunt, the message was clear: Being first in line may not be enough.

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Airbnb is cracking down on fake listings. The platform has removed 59,000 so far this year

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Airbnb is cracking down on fake listings. The platform has removed 59,000 so far this year.

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It's going to be way harder to be a tourist in NYC

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People are booking trips to NYC again, but city officials are enforcing restrictive laws that limit the number of new short-term rentals and hotels.

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Your side hustle could be sitting in your closet. Here's how one pilates instructor made nearly $10,000 from her designer dresses.

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Charlie May sits on a couch wearing leggings and a henley
Charlie Hollishead is a 28-year-old living in London.

Charlie Hollishead

This Airbnb owner put 2 tiny houses in his yard to make extra cash, and now they're his primary income — see inside

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Ansel Troy posing for a picture in a bathtub surrounded by plants outside his tiny home.

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I started renting out my boat in Miami for extra cash — now I can make $100,000 in revenue a month. Here's how I set up this year-round gig using the Airbnb of boats.

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The GetMyBoat app
The GetMyBoat app.

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These 5 cities saw the steepest declines in rent prices last quarter as vacancies rose across the US

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Syracuse, New York.

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Digital nomads can rent apartments on 'standby' for a fraction of the cost — but you might be forced to move out with 3 days' notice

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Remote worker
The apartment-rental company Landing is giving digital nomads new housing options.

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I make $19,800 a month in revenue from 'Airbnb for boats' in Miami. Here's how I built my business.

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Boatsetter host Mylène Garot, a woman with her young baby and husband on a boat in Florida
Boatsetter host Mylène Garot, her husband, and her baby on one of their boats in Florida.

Mylène Garot

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