I'll provide a counter example: We are a Couchsurfing host because we have resources beyond out needs. Our house has four bedrooms, occupied by four rent paying tenants. We have couches and a single bed available in Northern Tasmania, if you're ever in the area look us up (email in profile). I have a well paid full time job, cash investments, as well as investments in precious metals and shares. I even pick up hitchhikers. If you're in to rock climbing, bicycle polo, music, camping, food (I'm a certified nutritionist), and building things (I'm a structural steel engineer and fabricator), we might even get along.