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Re:Buffett Will Steer Investors to Airbnb to Avoid Price-Gou... by yoloswagins on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @06:08PM (#7556320)
This gives me an idea.

Contact house/apartment landlords in Omaha about a month before the meeting, and offer to set up an airbnb in their empty units. The vacancy rate of rental housing in Omaha is about 9%, so Landlords would be interested.

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Re:Buffett Will Steer Investors to Airbnb to Avoid Price-Gou... by mikemac on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @06:30PM (#7556434)
Seems like once you rent and move enough beds, linens, tables, chairs, etc you'd have cut into your profit margin significantly.
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Re:Buffett Will Steer Investors to Airbnb to Avoid Price-Gou... by yoloswagins on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @07:12PM (#7556633)
High end hotels will buy new furnishings every 18-24 months. The used furnishings are bought by Hotel Furniture Liquidators (HFL) who sell the furniture to mid-tier hotels. Working with the resellers to rent a dozen rooms of furniture should keep costs down.
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