Am I wrong for wanting my Tahoe Airbnb to burn down?

George Bradbury wrote:

Industry Cat wrote:

Thanks for this. From now on, and for an indefinite period of time, I will be scanning the news for any houses that have burned down in the Tahoe region.

If this occurs, I will then contact the proper authorities and either send them the url of this thread and/or the screenshots I have taken of this thread.

If the authorities then determine that the house was burned down due to arson, they will contact LetsRun.com for your IP address, and you will be apprehended.

Fellas... is arson a thoughtcrime now?

I'll track your IP, too

thanks for this

Nonsense! wrote:

econ 101 wrote:

Here's a basic economics lesson. If it's impossible to sell for $1.8 million, then it's not "worth" $1.8 million. It is worth less.

Here's a basic reading lesson, I never said it was impossible to sell for 1.8 million.

Here's a basic logic lesson: If selling it is impossible, it's impossible to sell for $1.8 million.

You should sell it to a family or person who will actually live there. Airbnbs suck and ruin communities.

Isn’t there some oppressive AirBnB law in South Lake Tahoe anyway? Or are you not in the city proper?

Also AirBnB is fine for communities. Vacation rentals existed before and will exist after. If you move to a vacation town and are SHOCKED that most people there are on vacation, I’m not sure what to tell you.

Are you a goddamned idiot? He's not talking about arson, he's talking about hoping that the quickly approaching wildfire might burn down his house. Nothing he can do can prevent that from happening if it does happen.

TahoeFireman wrote:

Are you a goddamned idiot? He's not talking about arson, he's talking about hoping that the quickly approaching wildfire might burn down his house. Nothing he can do can prevent that from happening if it does happen.

sounds to me like arson and he will try to make it look like a wildfire. I'm merely a messenger, a Good Samaritan. It's for the authorities to decide, not me.

thanks

Industry Cat wrote:

TahoeFireman wrote:

Are you a goddamned idiot? He's not talking about arson, he's talking about hoping that the quickly approaching wildfire might burn down his house. Nothing he can do can prevent that from happening if it does happen.

sounds to me like arson and he will try to make it look like a wildfire. I'm merely a messenger, a Good Samaritan. It's for the authorities to decide, not me.

thanks

it's our job as citizens to report the facts and for the FBI/Police etc to investigate, which they will do in this matter.

thanks

+1

It’s a bit immoral. It likely means your neighbors houses will burn down as well. Firefighters will risk their lives to contain and extinguish the fire.

Less importantly, the insurance company will have greater losses and thousands of families will end up paying more for insurance.

Roy, what about the real estate market in a town that has been through actual fire devastation like Paradise, CA?

This story is a lie. Prices are through the roof and rentals are full. Not only would your property have been easy to sell for a huge profit this year, you wouldn't have had any trouble renting it year round recently. I have no idea what point this troll is trying to make but it has nothing to do with anything real.

Rainy Day wrote:

It’s a bit immoral. It likely means your neighbors houses will burn down as well. Firefighters will risk their lives to contain and extinguish the fire.

Less importantly, the insurance company will have greater losses and thousands of families will end up paying more for insurance.

hello neighbor, can you also report the OP to the authorities i.e. the FBI/Police? it would help if more than one person did so.

thanks

curiousoldster wrote:

This story is a lie. Prices are through the roof and rentals are full. Not only would your property have been easy to sell for a huge profit this year, you wouldn't have had any trouble renting it year round recently. I have no idea what point this troll is trying to make but it has nothing to do with anything real.

I don’t know about the OP, but my goal is always to get to 100 replies. Most of my posts get deleted, so it’s harder than you’d think. I’ve got two winning threads on the front page right now. Guess which ones they are.

curiousoldster wrote:

This story is a lie. Prices are through the roof and rentals are full. Not only would your property have been easy to sell for a huge profit this year, you wouldn't have had any trouble renting it year round recently. I have no idea what point this troll is trying to make but it has nothing to do with anything real.

You are an idiot and you have no idea what you are talking about. No snow means no renters. COVID means less renters. Slopes were closed much of 2020. The forecast for snow this year looks equally dismal, Thousands of dollars were lost. Those people saying that the rental market is booming and prices are through the roof are probably starving RE agents looking to boost interest. The market has been terrible and yes, I could sell it, but not for nearly what I would want to sell it for and paying 5-6% is not my idea of fun. If it burned down I would definitely come out ahead based on my insurance policy.

For the people talking NONSENSE about arson, I didn't start the Caldor fire. I cannot stop the Caldor fire and there is nothing I can do to protect my property from it.

Nonsense! wrote:

I do realize that if it burns down, that means other people's houses will burn as well, but that's the risk we all take, right? Because of COVID and the drought, it's been dismal the last few years. What used to be a cash cow has turned into a nightmare. Ski season starts later every year due to lack of snow and COVID kept everyone away even when there was some. It's a great property and worth 1.8 million, but selling it is impossible because of the hurdles I mentioned. It burning down would be a blessing and I gotta admit, I'm rooting for the fire on this one.

Forgive me.

What Covid?

What climate change?

This is LRC for goodness sake, those things don't exist here

ScottEvil wrote:

I don't think there's anything ethically wrong with hoping that your house burns down.

But I hope you didn't post this from your home IP. If I was a claims inspector looking to build a case that you didn't take the necessary steps to protect your investment...

This

Only if I'm I wrong for hoping you're inside it when it does.

codaayyee wrote:

The land is the real value. Replacement cost on the actual structure is prob 300-400k.

Land can't really "burn" down...

That depends. My premium for replacement cost coverage is based on the insurance company's estimate. That is greater than the Zillow estimate for the value of the home (which is itself significantly greater than the local assessor's guess at the full market value for taxation purposes)! I called the insurance company to point out that their cost to replace the structure exceeded the value of the structure plus land. I think the land is worth about 75 - 100k. They said they didn't care what the market said - they run their model, and that's that. They were also offended that I would question the accuracy of their model. So when my home burns down, I'm going to get a nice upgrade on the replacement, I guess.

Good effort op, you really had some people believe this.

I knew this was fake when you said you had a tough time selling tahoe property.

Mountain real estate is on fire. Techies with too much money and zoom work commitments are buying up prime real estate across the west in droves at sky high valuations.