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A Pound of Cocaine in a Portland Airbnb. And Nobody Checked Who Was Staying There.

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Mar 30

A Pound of Cocaine in a Portland Airbnb. And Nobody Checked Who Was Staying There.

A New York man turned a Portland short-term rental into a drug distribution hub, and the platform's "safety systems" didn't catch a thing. If you're a hotel operator competing against Airbnb on price, maybe it's time to start competing on what you actually provide... accountability.

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Rav Patel 2 min read · Mar 30