(credit: Open Grid Scheduler / flickr) The City and County of San Francisco have settled a lawsuit filed by Airbnb, which had sued over the city’s new short-term rental registration law. As Ars has reported before, the new law expands upon a previous ordinance that Airbnb itself helped initially draft. The earlier law went into […]
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A financial adviser explains why you may want to buy a rental property for your first home
Joe Raedle / Getty Images You may have just graduated or barely started out in the business world. Maybe you just got married and you’re trying to figure out how to get ahead. Either way, you are probably looking for a way to supplement your income and give your financial future a boost. Many of […]
Airbnb might be getting into the long-term rental business
Kimberly White/Getty Images Airbnb might be getting into the long-term rental business. The home-sharing startup has asked McKinsey & Co. to research the market and conduct a competitive analysis of Craigslist, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. The $ 31 billion company has a sublet section on its website since 2011, which lists apartments and houses […]
BMW-backed car rental startup raises $10 million in Series A round
Skurt Skurt, a Los Angeles-based on-demand car rental company, secured $ 10 million in funding in its Series A round announced on Tuesday. Upfront Ventures led the round, with BMW making what Skurt called a strategic investment in the platform. Founded in 2015, Skurt gives iOS and Android users the ability to rent a car […]
Airbnb in “Late Stages” of Acquiring High-End Rental Platform Luxury Retreats
Airbnb in “Late Stages” of Acquiring Luxury Retreats Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not include […]
Rental car dispute happily resolved as customer fully refunded
A RENTAL car dispute involving hundreds of pounds of damage charges has been steered to a happy conclusion with a full refund for the customer. Daily Express :: Finance Feed