04-08-2025, 08:53 PM
I travel for work and have stayed in a few “arbitraged” airbnbs when I realized I was checking into a rental complex. I always check the rent and run the numbers and have yet to stay in one where the host is making any money. They’re always a week away from losing not even breaking even for the month. I have yet to stay at a super-host listing at an arbitrage property or one where there are more than a handful of prior reviews. Unsurprisingly, I always seem to be the first or second guest in these situations, as the hosts tend to quickly find out they are losing money.