Does your competition sabotage your STRs?

Question

I've got a few Craigslist ads.  There is a new one every day.  2 of my ads got flagged for removal.  Probably because of a semi nude person on a piece of wall art in the background of one of 24 photos in the ad. Someone would be digging through all 24 of .y pics to find the one I'm flagged for.  I'm thinking it's someone else trying to do what I'm doing.  Would you repost the ad but blur out the naughty bits in the picture? Or would you repost the ad with no naughty bits?

Paul Sandhu · Answer

I've been in Argentina the last week, and had all my phone calls forwarded to my wife.  Some lady called my wife and thought someone had hacked my Craigslist ad and reported it to CL.  She mentioned this part of the ad:

If a motel room is your standard of living, stop reading this. You are pathetic. I'd rather not rent a house to you. You are low class, you have low standards and are irresponsible with your money. I'd rather not rent a house to you and your problems. You and your problems can stay in a motel room (Copperhead, DBI Services, King's Construction, P&K Services, Plant Maintenance Services, CRM Construction, SCR, HydroChem and others). I suggest you stay at the Regal Inn, The Schwinn or Big Thief Cabins. They are expensive, small and have no amenities. Those places are for people with problems. Motels are in the ghetto on the east side of town. Cabins are in the once contaminated industrial park north of town. If this sounds like you, do not call me. Stop reading this and call the motel. Stay there with your problems. Don't share them with me.Responsible people with high class standards rent from me. People without problems. People that want to save money and stay somewhere better than a motel or cabin. See the list of 1500 below. My 23 furnished houses are in family friendly neighborhoods on the west side of town. If this sounds like you, Better call Paul

Here is my take.  If someone is offended by that, I probably don't want to rent to them. It's people that read that first paragraph.  If it doesn't bother them, they understand why I make those statements.  Those people fit into the second paragraph.

The people in the second paragraph tend to be the boss to the boss of the persons in the first paragraph that I try to dismiss.  The people in the second paragraph try to disassociate themselves from the people in the first.

Ken Latchers · Answer

Why did I know who started the thread before I opened it?  *smile*

John Underwood · Answer

Repost without to see if that is the issue.

Michael Tucker · Answer

First, I'm only responding so I get to type the phrase "naughty bits". Second, I would repost the ad without the picture containing the naughty bits.