The Airbnb Real Estate Model: Turning Property Into a Cash-Flow Business

woman in cozy attic room admiring outdoors view

The Airbnb real estate model is not really about owning a house or condo. It is about owning a mini hospitality business wrapped inside a piece of real estate. That distinction matters. A traditional rental investor buys a property and collects fixed monthly rent. An Airbnb-style investor buys a property, furnishes it, markets it for … Read more

Expats: adventurers or foreign retirees?

Hemingway, as an expat, implied high adventure in a foreign land The first definition of “expatriate” appeared in a French dictionary in the late 1700s and denotes a person who has been banished from his or her native land. This elucidation came just in time for Napoleon’s exile to the island of Elba in 1814; … Read more