I profited $1.4 million last year as an Airbnb Superhost. Here's how I'm using real estate to achieve financial freedom.

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Syed Lateef runs his Airbnb business in Chicago.

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I'm an American who moved to Paris. Finding an apartment was like a full-time job — but I think I discovered the secret sauce.

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I've lived in Paris, France, for two years.

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More than 12 million Americans are spending at least half their entire paycheck on rent, Harvard study says

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New York City.

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I'm a millennial who wants to experience life, not have my money sit in the bank. So I spent $2.4 million on a vacation home in the Hamptons.

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Emilie Gerber, 34, purchased a $2.4 million Hamptons house this year.

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I moved my family of 6 from Milwaukee to New Zealand. Healthcare is affordable, I have a better work-life balance, and my kids are happy.

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Tara Hulbert moved her family from Milwaukee to New Zealand.

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Baby boomers shocked Gen Z and millennials by revealing what they paid for their first apartments

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People were shocked by how cheap the baby boomers said their rents were.

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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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I owned a home for 7 years, but now I rent — and I prefer it

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'Slum' landlord stuffed 40 tenants into a 4-bed house, making $450,000

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The property.

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A millennial who bought a house by 30 says it was one of the hardest things she's done — and that renting is never a waste of time

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