[untog]

It's quite likely. I live in NYC, and pay $1000 a month rent. So "a few months" = 10 months = most of a year.

While I have over $10k in savings, I don't have so much money than I can just throw $10k of it into risk. I don't think I'm that uncommon.

[bigbird]

I get what you're saying, but the guy in the article is talking about renting an "extra bedroom in a nice neighborhood". Look at that guy's place -- he's got a duplex penthouse in what appears to be fairly nice shape with at least 2 bedrooms. Most likely substantially more than $1000/mo.