Maryland homeowners who rented their property using a home-sharing website generated around $57 million in income in 2018. The Baltimore Sun reports about 6,500 Marylanders used Airbnb to rent individual rooms or entire spaces to around 383,000 visitors this year. The company ...

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Airbnb wants Baltimore to consider a "lighter touch" as its lawmakers debate regulating the short-term rental market.

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The Preakness Stakes has provided a boost to Baltimore residents who use Airbnb to rent space in their homes to visitors. Airbnb expects service users to earn more than $372,000 between Thursday and Saturday. That represents a 60 percent increase ...

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The Baltimore City Council is set to take up a bill, imposing strict rules on short-term rentals made through Airbnb and other sites.

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Airbnb continued to grow in the Maryland market last year, with around 265,000 visits bringing in more than $42 million. In 2017, the short-term rental service said it booked 151,000 stays in Maryland, totaling more than $25 million. “Home sharing ...

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Operating in a regulatory gray area, Airbnb grew its business in Maryland last year despite relatively few bookings in one of the state’s major vacation destinations. About 151,000 stays in Maryland were booked through the online room rental service in ...

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In a gentrifying neighborhood of San Francisco, a couple exit their cab and head toward an apartment, rolling suitcases behind them. Unbeknownst to them, a private investigator by the name of Michael Joffe sits in his parked car just across ...

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