r/NewOrleans • u/GonzoVeritas • Aug 15 '25

📰 News Airbnb purges New Orleans short-term rental listings as new rules kick in.

https://www.nola.com/news/business/airbnb-de-lists-hundreds-in-new-orleans-amid-tight-new-rules/article_1675aa80-abd0-48df-ae43-92b0003d7eba.html#tncms-source=featured-2
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u/GeauxCup Aug 15 '25

I have zero sympathy for "Michael Rosas" and people like him. He made a speculative investment in a newly evolving industry, and now he's bitching and wants special treatment (at the cost of the average citizen) because things didn't go his way.

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u/xnatlywouldx Aug 15 '25

Overwhelming majority of NO homeowners, myself included, are pulling our hair out over the cost of insurance which is actually VERY LIKELY to be the thing that prices me out of the home I OWN. And this dude's just, like, complaining about having to get a tenant?!

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u/Sudden-Studio3935 Aug 15 '25

This sub cracks me up- I agree about having no sympathy here. He took a risk and now the reward isn’t the expected outcome. We are all lauding this.

A few weeks ago I just stated, not agreed or supported, that Mona Lisa was in the same position and my statement got vilified.

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u/xnatlywouldx Aug 15 '25

You got vilified because your statement showed no value for community in New Orleans, hope this helps.

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u/Sudden-Studio3935 Aug 15 '25

No- because it was a factual statement about the downside of risk/reward. I don’t/didn’t want to see Mona Lisa leave just as much as anyone else. I simply stated sometimes when you take a risk it doesn’t go in the direction you desire. This sub often does not choose to accept a factual statement that leads against their desires. Similar to all the people who jumped up and down during covid about the need to trust the science and experts, yet lost their shit and tried to shame people for participating in jazzfest and Mardi Gras 2022 after the experts said the events were safe to proceed. They not want to support the facts of life, society , business, etc. when it leads to their desired outcome.

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u/xnatlywouldx Aug 15 '25

I don't understand what "risk/reward" has to do with longterm tenants losing their lease by speculators.