I often come across a link or post that isn’t worthy of a dedicated post on my blog. It’s really best for me to tweet these things, but then a lot of people who read my blog don’t necessarily subscribe…
Surefire Way to Save on Hotel or Rental Accommodations
This strategy isn’t for the faint of heart. This is for all you OCD types who are willing to take risks and take great pride in stretching your hard-earned dollars. I have been itching to go on vacation ever since…
Airbnb Awesomeness
I got our tax statement from Airbnb. We earned approximately $4,000 for 2012. That’s practically 20% of our total 2012 rental cost. How F*ing crazy is that? The hosts we are staying with in the Mission are seriously the nicest…
Livin La Vida Loca
We are keeping it real, living in the Mission this week on our quest to try out different neighborhoods before we buy. We rented our apartment in Nob Hill to a nice British gentleman who is in SF for work….
San Francisco Apartment Tour
I wanted to follow-up my San Francisco Home Tour post with a similar post on apartments. Buying a home in SF is unbelievably stressful. You should be cashing in those stock options. Your granny hopefully wrote you into her will. Money…
Money Monday: Vacation Grand Total $
We’re going on vacation! Does it seem like we’re always going on vacation or is it that I talk about it incessantly? Our vacation schedule looks standard to me. 2012 February – LA March – Austin May – NYC July…
Oh Photos!
AirBnB offers free professional photography of your listing. I thought I’d take advantage of the service since the pictures I had up weren’t very good. Not good at all. Check out the difference between amateur and professional. Pictures taken by…
Money Monday: AirBnB
I feel like I write about AirBnB a lot. Another reminder that it’s pretty friggin awesome. To me AirBnB is easier than Vrbo.com because you can transact everything online versus Vrbo.com where you have to contact the owner, talk or…
Belated Birthday Pictures
For my birthday, we rented a cabin in sunny Marin County. Simultaneously, we rented out our place to a very nice international gay couple who were probably hanging out for Pride Weekend. Zero cost weekend get-away. I constantly want to…
Money Monday: Airbnb Booking
I’m fanatical about Airbnb. With hotels gouging customers with service charges and resort fees, I’d rather stay some place and know exactly what the total cost will be up front. We will be in NYC next month and I’ve been…