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- 1234 August 2011
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Air BnB
Hey, does anyone have experience renting out their space with Air BnB http://www.airbnb.com/? I'm curious about trying it out and wonder if it has been a positive thing?
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fly-over-staters and their weird habits
visitors who fear the "big city" pdx
i still have her grill i borrowed, i should give it back to her and press for more stories
you have told no "stories" sir but have merely piqued our interest
the royal "our," as in "me," as I'm not sure anyone else is as titillated by this as I am
who cares though
TELL ME MORE
some patrons buy weird things to leave in the fridge, like just buy them and never use them. these include frozen pizzas, salad dressing, mini carrots etc.
a room with lots of "unused" condoms in the trash, like opened.
i'm her out-of-town contact, like, when she's out of town and if there was a problem, i'm the guy. to date, i havent had to do anything except go over and borrow the grill.
but i guess if you want to hear a bunch of fucked up stories ask me about the 3 years i and a friend rented a house out to no less than 20 craigslist roommates. highlights include: a roommate that moved everything in, unpacked, paid for 3 months of rent and never slept there; one roommate got into bed with me while i was sleeping and his excuse was he was "tripping on pot" (<--where can i find that flavor?) same roommate brought home a dog on a no-pet agreement; a roommate that moved in all her shit(including the cadillac/lexus of kilns), went awol, then my roommate and i threatened to craigslist all her junk(including a djembe with a sticker that said "freedom of fuckin speech") if she didn't pay the rent and get it the hell out (that was one of the best good cop/bad cop situations i have ever been involved in); one roommate had a boyfriend in this really weird black metal band and so so many times we came home and there were these creepy/really nice bikers, middle aged moms (TAKING OFF THEIR TOPS!!!!!?? DANCING ON THE TABLE? THAT ALMOST COLLAPSED?!) just hanging out.
that house was an awesome experience
Among the hoard that I am lord to includes a tall, skin-covered hippy drum I found in the Falcon's free pile, which serves me as an elegantly savage shower-side towel pedestal. Never has it been a burden, unlike the KitchenAid mixer my mom gave to me as a birthday present and the solid cast-iron sewing machine that I have never used. For a nomad, I do travel like an estated lord. I can't believe how many times I have moved my hoard without getting any more materially sensible.
I guess I have moved about four times this past year. I don't know what is wrong with me but I am sure it will all become clear in retrospect.
How about you?
I have a ton of shit, and I regret owning most of it at various times.
One time I lived in a room in a house, and the dude who lived in my room before me apparently owned multiple pet rats, and then one day the other housemates realized they hadn't seen him in kind of a long time, then they waited many more days and didn't see him still, and finally went into his room and he had somehow secretly moved out all of his stuff without them knowing, EXCEPT THE RATS, which were DEAD OF STARVATION in their cages in his empty room. He owed the housemates $700 in back rent and since this was before cell phones they had no way of contacting him, so finally they went down to where he worked and told him they would cause a huge scene if he didn't give them $700, and he literally just said "I don't have any money." Finally they became so disturbed they just ate the rent and never spoke to him again.
THE RATS THOUGH?!?? He left them there to die? It's so horrible. Totally turns him from just a crappy loser into, what, like a psychopath??? Who would do that?!???
I would love to move into a more beautiful home in a better location, but rent is very cheap here, and it's not a horrible location, so we're unmotivated.
but my wife and i live in the house with our dog
and im cleaning out the basement and getting rid of crap i donot need
LIKE A BAWSE!
To be continued.....
Also, the iPhone app is great.
:/
Pro tip: airbnb charges a nominal fee for its services. It's not much, but can add up over time. Every renter I've talked to is willing to rent time both on and off airbnb, so rent a few days off the site and then negotiate a price with your renters off the site for the remainder of your stay! That way you can still leave them cool feedback and recommendations!