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<blockquote data-quote="tallandblonde" data-source="post: 199998" data-attributes="member: 8018"><p>Just like to add a quick note about my recent experiences to the thread. My room mate and I moved in to a 3 BR in downtown New York City about a month ago. Two rooms were significantly bigger than the others, which we took. The 3rd room was a glorified storage closet, which we ended up putting a lofted bed in there. We've been using Craigslist to rent on a monthly basis, and here are some reasons why we decided not to go the Airbnb route:</p><p></p><p>1. Taxes. Pretty self explanatory but craigslist doesn't file a form to the IRS telling them out how money you've made. Depending on your salary from other jobs and how much you can deduct on your tax return, this alone could save you 30% or so.</p><p>2. Fees. CL you just collect the money and that's the end of that.</p><p>3. Turnover. Airbnb guests generally stay about a couple days to a week or so. Room mate and I didn't feel like dealing with this. Our first guest has been staying for the past month and will be staying for the next. No cleaning sheets or anything like that or meeting people constantly to hand off keys.</p><p></p><p>I think that if you wanted to rent a room for a couple days at a time, then Airbnb is the way to go. But if you have a space that's consistently vacant (and you don't like dealing with the hassle of Airbnb), my room mate and I have found that Craigslist is a viable alternative.</p><p></p><p>On a side note if you're looking for an apartment in New York city and come across a room similar to ours (two decent sized room with a glorified storage closet as the third) I HIGHLY recommend making use out of that room if it can fit a loft bed. As opposed to paying $1400 a month in rent my room mate and I are paying somewhere around $800 depending on the rate we can get someone in the 3rd room at.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tallandblonde, post: 199998, member: 8018"] Just like to add a quick note about my recent experiences to the thread. My room mate and I moved in to a 3 BR in downtown New York City about a month ago. Two rooms were significantly bigger than the others, which we took. The 3rd room was a glorified storage closet, which we ended up putting a lofted bed in there. We've been using Craigslist to rent on a monthly basis, and here are some reasons why we decided not to go the Airbnb route: 1. Taxes. Pretty self explanatory but craigslist doesn't file a form to the IRS telling them out how money you've made. Depending on your salary from other jobs and how much you can deduct on your tax return, this alone could save you 30% or so. 2. Fees. CL you just collect the money and that's the end of that. 3. Turnover. Airbnb guests generally stay about a couple days to a week or so. Room mate and I didn't feel like dealing with this. Our first guest has been staying for the past month and will be staying for the next. No cleaning sheets or anything like that or meeting people constantly to hand off keys. I think that if you wanted to rent a room for a couple days at a time, then Airbnb is the way to go. But if you have a space that's consistently vacant (and you don't like dealing with the hassle of Airbnb), my room mate and I have found that Craigslist is a viable alternative. On a side note if you're looking for an apartment in New York city and come across a room similar to ours (two decent sized room with a glorified storage closet as the third) I HIGHLY recommend making use out of that room if it can fit a loft bed. As opposed to paying $1400 a month in rent my room mate and I are paying somewhere around $800 depending on the rate we can get someone in the 3rd room at. [/QUOTE]
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