> How many million houses has Airbnb taken off the market so far, and how many more are being stolen each month?
I don't know, and it's clear the author doesn't, as he didn't tell us.
Stuff like this really turns me off from an article. The author is not sincere in asking. He wants to put an idea into your head subversively, while keeping the option of saying "I didn't claim it - I was just asking!"
The other interesting part is that he's drawing a line of convenience: He's OK with people owning houses and renting them out (as he lives in one and wants to keep it that way) - just not OK with short term rentals. As someone who follows the RE market, I know that in higher COL areas, people who buy houses and rent them out are considered to be part of the problem and are lumped in with the AirBnB folks.
At the end of the day, he just wants what is convenient for him, but is trying to couch it as a moral problem.
These are all the valid questions though? Aren't they? Author is raising these Qs to bring the awareness that Airbnb is not transparent and willing to share these data with us and that is the point.
The questions are all valid. My beef is that he's not asking to get the answers, but to plant notions in our head.
> How many million houses has Airbnb taken off the market so far
Is AirBnB expected to know which houses are owner occupied, and which are only occasionally listed? I mean, they can likely infer it from how often a unit is listed as available, but I doubt they make people disclose that. Same point for the other one.
I don't know, and it's clear the author doesn't, as he didn't tell us.
Stuff like this really turns me off from an article. The author is not sincere in asking. He wants to put an idea into your head subversively, while keeping the option of saying "I didn't claim it - I was just asking!"
The other interesting part is that he's drawing a line of convenience: He's OK with people owning houses and renting them out (as he lives in one and wants to keep it that way) - just not OK with short term rentals. As someone who follows the RE market, I know that in higher COL areas, people who buy houses and rent them out are considered to be part of the problem and are lumped in with the AirBnB folks.
At the end of the day, he just wants what is convenient for him, but is trying to couch it as a moral problem.