Tag Archives: Can Home Owners Cash in on Political Conventions?

Many home owners who live near the sites of the Democratic and Republican national conventions in Charlotte, N.C., and Tampa, Fla., are seeing the events as an opportunity to earn extra cash by offering up their homes as short-term rentals to attendees. While some convention attendees may be lured to the roominess of a home over a cramped hotel room, some real estate professionals say that many home owners may be getting too greedy with their asking prices, particularly in places where hotels are plentiful. On Craiglist, more than 900 […]