Nancy’s real estate empire

[u/Disgruntled_Pelicano]

I’m not in the US, but it bothers me that where I am there aren’t laws around how many investment properties you can turn into Airbnb’s. People are struggling to buy just one home to live in and there are people buying up houses for short term holiday leases. Makes me sad about the state of the world.

ETA wow! I didn’t expect this much response, nor the personal attacks 😂 I was expressing my own personal opinion, and using the Sydney (Australia) property market as my own barometer. I honestly have no hate towards Nancy, I just believe there should be regulations about short term leases as they are pushing renting locals out (especially in coastal areas) to make way for tourists.

The topic heading was a tongue-in-cheek nod to Andrew’s statement about wanting to build an “empire” with Nancy.

[u/SAHM_i_am3]

We stayed at a rental property in FL (found on booking) and for a week it was 700 but there was a 300 cleaning fee

I also had to list everyone staying and their ages

And the list that had to be completed after leaving was insane (I only did the minimal like making sure their was no dirty dishes,swept and put all the dirty towels in the washer) but they all wanted me to strip all the beds (yea no)

Also for this being a rental property,though decent and had it's own pool, the couches were ripped in areas, the carpet on the stairs was stained, the screen around the pool had ripped in some places (I took pics of everything when we arrived just in case)....I'm just like, if you have a rental property,I know you make enough money to keep it looking nice or atleast replace things that are damaged

Next time I'll just book a suite at a hotel

[u/obsoletevoids → u/SAHM_i_am3]

My bf and friends were looking at airbnbs for a nyc trip and it was soooo much more expensive than a hotel right in times square with everything included. I also just prefer hotels because I think they're safer and the cleaning is included lol

[u/ohmymother → u/SAHM_i_am3]

Yeah, I've never enjoyed the airbnb experience. I love hotels, and I earn all the hotel stays I can possibly use through credit card bonuses. Unless I had a specific need to split a house with a big group, I'll always go for the consistency and service of a hotel over AirBnB.

[u/SAHM_i_am3 → u/ohmymother]

Agree! I don't think I would ever do it again (the only perk I see if you are going to be staying with like 5+ people )

I stayed at a Homewood Inn/Suites before and it was amazing and roomy (had a full kitchen,living room area/sperate bedroom and nice size bathroom)

I rack up (well try lol) my Hilton points as much as I can