[TheAlchemist]

This is probably simmilar to what happened with AirBnb - in the beginning it was about renting your house from time to time. Nowadays, it's mostly professionals who own / manage several properties which are exclusively being rented on Airbnb.

[ngcazz]

I rented an Airbnb in downtown Lisbon some years ago (2016 perhaps?), and was actually welcomed by the owning company's MD who told me they'd purchased _75_ apartments in and around Bairro Alto in the year leading up to my stay. The unpreparedness of legislation was wild.

[troad]

I wouldn't mind a platform that tries to bring back the old model - perhaps by limiting the amount of time a property can be made available, or something along those lines?

[shuckles]

Kindred is an attempt at that: https://livekindred.com/.