Airbnb Furniture Cash Flow Hack

New personal finance tip: How to generate positive cash flow while traveling the country (or world!) right now. As many of you know, I enjoy traveling. But traveling, especially traveling extensively, has one problem: it costs money. And unless you had a fully-remote job, it was always difficult to sustain long-term travel... until now. A few months ago, I rented an Airbnb in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, with several of my friends from college for Memorial Day weekend. While we had a blast on our trip, my credit card statement on Sunday morning gave me an existential panic. I had spent $5,400 in 72 hours. (bottle service at Miami's Club Space isn't cheap!) As I stared at my credit card, pondering how I would possibly pay off this month's balance, a novel idea began taking shape in my mind. I glanced around our Airbnb and realized that I was surrounded by furniture. Furniture that someone might pay a lot of money for. I snapped a picture of the dining room table, uploaded it to Facebook marketplace, and wrote "dining room table + 6 chairs available for $600! Must pick up today." Within an hour, the table was gone, and I was $600 richer. I quickly repeated this process with the outdoor pool furniture, grill, beds, couches, and televisions in the Airbnb. By the time I Ubered to the airport for my flight home, I had $6,500 in my wallet. My trip, where I spent $5,400, actually returned a positive ROI. I have since repeated this process in San Diego, Washington DC, and Denver, making between $5,000 and $8,000 per trip, depending on the size of the house and the quality of the furniture. And before anyone says, "This is theft! You should go to prison!" I would like to highlight that Airbnb has host insurance, so the hosts actually benefit by getting *new* furniture. It's a win-win for everyone, except maybe Airbnb corporate. But Airbnb is a $100B publicly traded company, so they'll be alright. Has anyone else tried this? Please share your thoughts below! #WealthHack #WorkSmarterNotHarder #AirB2C

A fake personal-finance post claims that someone paid for expensive travel by selling the Airbnb’s furniture, appliances, beds, and outdoor items on Facebook Marketplace. The absurd punchline is that the traveler treats theft and property damage as a legitimate “positive ROI” wealth hack, sarcastically arguing that everyone benefits except Airbnb. EN: A fake personal-finance post claims that someone paid for expensive travel by selling the Airbnb’s furniture, appliances, beds, and outdoor items on Facebook Marketplace. The absurd punchline is that the traveler treats theft and property damage as a legitimate “positive ROI” wealth hack, sarcastically arguing that everyone benefits except Airbnb.

• @rzeczyzabawne / 11085 2023-08-03