The beauty of Airbnb and short-term rentals is that it's one of the most democratized forms of small business, unburdened by barriers to entry.

"Vote democratic to keep living the good life."

Real estate investing does not only thrive in Republican and/or Democratic administrations.I also agree this proposal is so inconsequential vis a vis the upcoming election that it would not sway me one bit.

The democrats in congress will agree on an infrastructure bill in the next 4 weeks, which RK will point to as the reason the crash didn't happen, saying money printing is a short term stimulus, but only kicks the can down the road and makes the overall problem worse.  

Now, a Florida Democrat senator (no surprise there) wants the federal government to be the "reinsurer".

Those in Syria, Iran and North Korea did not enjoy a democratic society, never have unlike the USA.

Back to this topic, as I discussed my opinion with Josh in person, I do not see a value to us members in the new influence system and prefer an idea of a badge system with some democratic means to get a badge, thus removing just about all possibilities for the system to be "cheated" and to provide more valid confirmation (for lack of a better word) to users on who is an expert in what field(s).The idea would be to get rid of the point system and replace with a badge system.

To add to what @Dennis M. is saying, it's not really well understood in other places that in these mature Rust Belt MSAs dominated by Democratic union machines (and I say this as a registered Democrat), the best action for OOS investors is rarely within the city limits proper, or even in the immediate suburbs.

In handling an eviction, I would trust a judge in Sonoma County way more than some Democratic machine appointed hack in, say, Cleveland to get a fair result.  2. $200/month seems like a very low bar. 

By the time Democrats make their changes from what the Republicans put together its going to look completely different...patience to see what the final bill looks like.