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Airbnb Income
- Passive income through Airbnb while on H1B Is it possible? What are the limitations in terms of income?
- If I rent my apartment on Airbnb when traveling, is what I earn taxable income? 🙏
- vote 60% of six figure millennials feel they are living paycheck to paycheck. They are called "HENRY'S " which stands for "High earner not rich yet". Are you one of them? How is your spending? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/high-earning-henry-millennials-six-figure-salaries-feel-broke-2021-6%3famp Edit: I wonder if some of you voting that you are "Hen
- Airbnb side business and net profit per month? Anyone has Airbnb hosting experience? I’m considering starting one. Can you share your Airbnb Location: Mortgage / month: Airbnb income / month: Hours spent on Airbnb / month: Thanks!
- link Airbnb projects revenue falls by $2.6B in 2020 Layoffs incoming https://www.theinformation.com/articles/airbnb-projects-revenue-could-fall-by-half-this-year
- Can we do Airbnb when we are on H1B? Hey, blind family. I’m planning to buy a place and put it on Airbnb to get some extra income. Can we legally do Airbnb when we are on H1B? This is on top of my current job. #housing #airbnb
- Airbnb $1T Airbnb seems likes the only unicorn I see that can reach a $1 trillion marketcap. Rough numbers are $40b gross bookings $5b revenue $1b profit My reasoning is simple. Network effect and a likely monopoly. High margins. Travellers are going to spend more on airbnb than almost any other tech company
- Renting your property vs AirBnBing it? Would you share your experience of renting a property vs AirBnBing it? How is your experience with AirBnBing your property ? Where is it located in Seattle and monthly income? Considering buying a property and trying to figure out if doing AirBnB is worth it. Any other tax benefits ?
- vote Investing in a second house for airbnb How much work is it to manage a property for airbnb? I am thinking about getting a cabin or something near lake/trails for airbnb/personal vacation house. Am located in greater seattle area. Budget is under 500K. Please give me some recommendation for locations I should look into, if you think it
- How to evaluate Airbnb vs Netflix offers I'm lucky to have incoming offers from Airbnb and Netflix. I've never worked for a pre-IPO company before, so I'm not sure how to properly value the Airbnb offer. Suppose the TC is equivalent: Airbnb is paper money with a promise of cash in the imminent future, and Netflix is cash right now. Airb
- AirBNB extra room in apartment I’m single, live alone and thinking of renting a two bedroom - two bathroom apartment. I would like to furnish the extra bedroom and Airbnb the shit out of it as extra income. Is it legal to airbnb a rented apartment? what are the repercussions?
- Hosting airbnb on H1b Anyone hosting their home on Airbnb and also has an h1 visa? Know if this is allowed and considered passive income? Looking to do this but the info online is ambiguous.
- Passive income while on H1B visa? What are some ways of earning money without working for it? I will start- - Rental income - Being an Airbnb host - Renting out the car - Stocks investment (no day trading, no frequent transactions.)
- Do companies need proof of competing offer? Interviewed with a handful of companies, including Meta, Airbnb, Coinbase, and Snap. I will use the offers to negotiate, but am wondering if the recruiters require proof - documents, screenshots, emails, etc. I would prefer not to show any proof, and just say "I have offer X from company Y". Is th
- side investments, rental property, income streams suggestions thought about Airbnb but obviously that is not smart right now; what about residential or commercial rental property ideas? though concerns about covid economy and job market. your thoughts on how to establish side income?
- How do taxes on RSUs work for pre-IPO companies? In examples like Airbnb, Doordash, etc. how do employees handle income taxes on pre-ipo vested rsus? Are they double trigger (vest+liquidity event), 83i, or do employees have to pay taxes in cash as soon as they vest?
- Investment property in Canada I'm a Canadian PR who moved to the us on h1b a few years ago. We are thinking of buying an investment property in Canada, which we plan to rent out or use as an Airbnb. Is this possible to do? If there is no cash positive income from the rental do we need to file tax return in Canada or US?
- IPO tax, capital gain or income? If you currently work for a startup that IPO'ed all the vested stock is treated as income. But how about if you are no longer an employee of that company? Say, you quit startup X (e.g. Airbnb) and had vested stock or exercised options to buy shares in the startup. How are your gains treated when th
- Typical salary in startups for senior engineers? What would be typical salary ranges in not so late stage startups (not uber, airbnb, lyft, slack etc) for senior engineer (6-7 yrs experience) I want to know expected drop in yearly take home income if I take the plunge from linkedin. Ignore startup equity.
- H1B visa holder, home owner. Can I rent a room on Airbnb? I'm on H1B visa and own a house. I've couple of rooms in my house that are typically empty and was wondering if I can put them on Airbnb to earn some passive income? I heard few conflicting opinions from friends in terms of limitations of H1B visa doesn't allow us to do this. #housing
- Investing in a vacation home for rentals income? Is anybody here considering or already invested in a vacation home as a means for additional income by renting it out on sites like airbnb? How’s the experience been, which places are worthy of consideration, do you end up spending too much time managing it?
- Passive income on H1B visa I have done my due diligence and read all previous blinds post about it. As per those posts, AirBnb, turo etc. is risky but people still do it. Only trading stocks is considered legal. Any legal, legit and tried ways to have a passive income? Both me and my husband is on h1b visa and he has an appro
- Dealing with opportunistic AirBnb guests Fellow Airbnb hosts and Airbnb employees on Blind, I need your advice on a situation going on with AirBnB guests staying in my in-law unit since Corono virus lockdowns started mid March. Guests come, check in, stay for a while e.g. 10 days, then burst a ton of issues regarding the property all of
- vote Robinhood vs Airbnb vs Facebook as new grad Considering joining Robinhood or Airbnb as a new grad instead of returning to FB (prev intern). TC at Robinhood/Airbnb is slightly higher, but rsu is not liquid. What are the pros and cons of choosing one or the other? Here’s what I thought of so far: Pros of Facebook: - Seattle (Lower CoL and n
- Why would anyone leave a publicly traded FAANG? In the loop for a pre-IPO company that's growing rapidly. Seems likely that I'll get in. Bunch of ex-Google, ex-Uber, ex-Airbnb people there. But I also am in the loop for Meta. Even if TC is the same, the equity is liquid so it seems like a way better option. My question is, given how much of TC
- Purchasing a Vacation Home Looking for some advice on purchasing a second home. Interest rates are low now and we have some cash in hand to invest, looking to diversify our portfolio. 1. We're doing our research too, but would love inputs on some good cities to consider for a vacation home. 2. We're on H1B and my understandi
- Should I buy home now before moving? Hi Blinders We bought a condo in Seattle 4 years ago the appreciation is no much. The building had HOA rental cap.We went on rental waiting list hoping we would get the chance to rent but rental list never moved. Now we have a kid and want to move to bigger home. We also want to move to Austin by
- Are pre ipo unicorn founders rich? So I saw that Airbnb ceo is worth 3 billion but the company has not done an ipo. Does this mean founders like him have no liquid wealth and are basically middle class like us? Like as of now he cant buy a 10 million dollar mansion? Do they have other income sources like getting paid a high salary by
- Looking for Intern Referrals to Google, FB, Stripe, etc I just finished my internship at Uber and am looking for referrals to the following companies: Microsoft LinkedIn Quora Facebook Apple Stripe Nvidia Robinhood Google Dropbox Airbnb Background: I am an incoming senior undergrad at a top CS school and going to become a masters student the year afte
- Pre-IPO lottery winners Say you joined a pre-ipo Airbnb and got options for $10 strike price and got 50k shares and today the shares are worth 10m when fully vested but then you have to pay income tax on that 10m which would be 37%+13% in CA. For those who joined a pre-IPO company and had got options (instead pf RSUs), ho
- Why is AirBNB legal? Trying to get opinions beyond "it's your home you can make an income from it". How does it get around Zoning Laws? Why do Hotels need specific Permits but a house doesn't? Do they belong everywhere? Seems like it's an XY problem. The problem was hotels suck, but instead of fixing them where they a
- Very fortunate- 1.4m Household TC until 2024, 2k/mo expenses. What should we do with money? Wife and I are both seniors SWE. I am at Airbnb, with a 900k TC until 2024. Wife is a senior at FAANG with 500k tc. No kids, own a small apartment. We cook our own food and have very few expenses, since our lifestyle hasn’t really changed in years. Both of us enjoy working and have no plans to retir
- Pre-ipo rsus and mortgage financing There have been quite a few discussions on blind regarding how banks will treat rsus of public companies. I'm wondering if anyone has experience applying for a loan when working pre-ipo companies and how rsus are treated? For examples sake, let's say it's Airbnb. Easy answer is their worth 0, but i
- Why DoorDash get more crap than Uber and Airbnb? People seem to really hate on DoorDash’s business model. I don’t really see them as the devil where they help 3 groups - allow a customer to order food, allow a driver to make some income, allow a restaurant that only does phone orders to expand to millennial apps. How is this so much worse than A
- SWE New Grad 2022 Looking for Referrals Hi everyone, I'm a Computer Science Graduate in 2022 and looking for referrals for SWE New Grad positions starting in 2022 🙏🙏 Some background information: - 2 years of internship experience - 3x SWE Intern at Bloomberg - Incoming SWE Intern at Snowflake - LC: 300+ - Bachelor of Computer Science
- How to optimize my FIRE journey I fucked up recently by gambling in stock market. Got myself back on track and won't gamble anymore but the damage has been done so I'm trying to compensate. One good thing is that I recently got a much better job that will help me achieve my goals. Current situation: Age: 30Y NW: ~200k USD Annu
- Getting into rental property / real estate investments Hello fellow investors, Any advice on how does one get into real estate rental property investments ? I am looking for remote property management with as little headache as possible, well established management companies/websites where I can just deposit money and get passive returns ? I have abou
- Is anyone here renting property for extra $? I am not talking about airbnb, I mean I just realized that I can utilize my income cash to pay for mortgage of extra house (with the help of tenants paymemt) and make decent extra cash flow. One of several things I get worried is, is it hard to find a tenants for 2, 3 br house in the MTV, Palo alto
- IRS Refund Delay I used turbo tax and e-filed my 2020 tax return on 3/20/21 and it was accepted. Now it’s been “processing” for the past month. Never had an issue with my tax refunds before, would always get a direct deposit within 2 weeks. In 2020 the only thing that changed is that, I ran an Airbnb for part of t
- What happens after hot ipo option all vested? I know that people have options as stocks in hot startup companies like DoorDash and Airbnb. I think they are also vested in 4 years, maybe evenly. So what happens after 4 years if ipo already done? Will they refresh you the stocks after ipoes? So before ipo, they give you option and after ipo, the
- vote Poll: will you Airbnb/uber/part time coach?? I have an urgent marketing project that's due in the next few days, so if you could spare three minutes to answer my questions, that would be great great help. (1) Will you consider rent your home out on Airbnb? (2) Will you consider share your ride, through uber or lyft? (3) Will you consider sha
- Blind lingo .. I’ve been on blind for about 3 months and I see a lot of acronyms .. just starting this thread to list as many as possible .. Update: TC 300k (I got the GTFO.. see below) (Updated based on comments) TC: total compensation FAANG: Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google Faamgmula- FAANG + Microso
- vote What's the best strategy? (new grad - job market) Last year of university, can choose to graduate in March 2021, or in July/September 2021. Last year I cleared a couple of internship interviews (Databricks, Airbnb) but didn't do them because of Covid. I did a couple of full-time interviews (Google, Bloomberg) and failed them. I don't know if I s
- Preparing to leave the mothership TC 384 YoE: 15 I have been at Google for 5+ years, different roles, SWE, PM, Solutions. I'm currently an L5 SWE in Bay Area and just found out that many companies pay much more. My wife recently got laid off and with 2 kids, I believe we can get back to our previous income by me getting a new job.
- Why aren’t people looking for a job purely for that big TC? Feels like everyone on Blind likes to brag about TC, stress about Leetcoding to pass the interviews, etc. But plenty of people aren’t looking to switch to FAANG or a high-paying unicorn. So what’s up with that? Obviously WLB, meaningful work, personal ethics, etc. matters a lot. But doesn’t it feel
- Referrals Hi Blind Community! A little bit about my background: I'm an incoming fourth year student studying computer engineering at a top 25 school. I am a two-time intern at Amazon and I have around 200+ accepted LC. I'm here to kindly ask the blind community for referrals for 2022 New Grad SWE positions f
- Would you recommend being a PM at these Big N companies? Title. Companies such as FB/IG, LinkedIn, Spotify, Airbnb, DBX, Square, Verizon/Oath, Uber, Salesforce, Twitter. TL;DR: They're a junior at uni trying to transition in PM. They're interested in your exp based on the title. Also, any feedback for transitioning to PM based on their general info below
- How has your spending changed with increasing income? I come from humble beginnings, and never thought I would be earning as much as I am today. Initially all my focus was on saving as much as possible. But after hitting my first savings target, I reduced saving% and increased spending. I was curious to know how spending habits have changed for you wit
- How to save more, after all the tax? Total TC (pretax) is 550k~600k (half is base), and about 35% goes to tax. Monthly costs of 3.5k for mortgage, 3k for daycare and afterschool programs (so we can work), 3k for grocery, gas, bills, etc. We don't really save much at the end of the month from the base salary, although we seem to earn a
- Bay house purchase - learnings I recently bought a sfh in bay area and wanted to share my learnings. - redfin vs. traditional agent: I was going to hire redfin agent to get that sweat commission refund, but ended up going with a traditional agent who knows the area very well and came with high recommendation from friends. He has