If you genuinely feel bad then take money out of your own pocket and give it to them as charity but lets not further perpetuate the culture of entitlement that pervades much of this country. 

I'm not sure how much the system itself is to blame vs. our own cultural expectations and ways of interacting with it (in general - not specific to AirBNB).  

I am extremely proud of our diverse and substantial multi-cultural employee and subcontractor base of staff.

It's not speculation - it's a shortage of land (and thus housing) in an area that is desirable to live due to weather, culture, etc. with a highly skilled and well-paid workforce.

Looking forward to the next year and as the old Irish saying goes: "..may the road rise up to meet you" as you pursue your opportunities!

As a former teacher, I've seen how bad things have become in the past decade, and it isn't going to get better any time soon.What's worse is that popular culture is embracing the misuse of words and the media propagates it as well.Its the dumbing down of American Society, and it is happening in front of our very eyes.

I hope that you can contribute some none salesy type information about investing in internation markets in the appropriate forums her on Bigger Pockets.I am sure you will understand the culture and mantra of this board soon enough.

Anyone with a good knowledge of History (especially Cultural Anthropology) will be able to predict future patterns of human behavior based upon past human behavior.

And as a further side note, for a 3/1 sfr in Florida to be listed at 77,900, it's in an area that's a lot closer in culture to Ohio than you would ever think.Tim

According to answers so far this seems to be falling in the "bad debt" category.We accept debt in our culture to the point of excess and most is really bad debt, but if you have a car loan, that's a depreciating asset.