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I'm baffled at how people rent out houses without doing the research first.

I bet that if you asked to rent their car, they'd go check it out first. Call their insurance company, find out what the legal requirements are, etc.

Yet do the same thing with an item that costs 10, 20, 30 times as much money and people's approach seems to be, hey, free money, woooooo.

Maybe it's just a case of only hearing about the rare fools.



It's because AirBNB makes becoming a landlord point-and-click simple. "It's so popular and easy! It's a big website, it must be legal!"

The moment an AirBNB site for cars comes along, you'll see it.


RelayRides? JustShareIt? Getaround?

etc.


> The moment an AirBNB site for cars comes along, you'll see it.

https://relayrides.com/


It came along... 14 years ago when Zipcar was founded.


Not remotely similar. Zipcar owns and maintains the cars they rent.




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