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by detroitcoder 3773 days ago
This is perfect for areas and buildings where Airbnb is banned. For example I was renting out my apartment in Chicago for $250 a night until someone from the building management company contacted me saying that rentals or subleases < 1 month were not allowed in my building and I needed to take my place off the site. I removed the listing and asked them how they knew that it was up. Apparently they had an intern look through all of their properties on Airbnb regularly and find all of the Airbnb listings for them. This app would allow me hide my listing from building management but to be visible by verified travelers. I am sure this wouldn't only be true of individual buildings, but entire neighborhoods or cities where it may be banned.
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You have a window where you can use this app until the building management catches on and adds this app to the ban list.

How does this hide your listing except by putting it on a less known service?

For Airbnb all listings are public. In this app everything is private until you let specific users be able to view it.