Love the concept! I'm intrigued how all the moving parts around "swapping homes" work. There just seems to be a lot to be right for it to work at scale.
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@bentossell my experience with home swapping is limited to trying to make it work and it not happening largely due to 1) can't coordinate schedules for a simultaneous swap 2) confusion by the other party on what is "equivalent" real estate (i.e. 5 BR family home in suburban Midwest vs my 1BR on the UES in NYC).
@bentossell I think there would be extra hurdles around finding two people/families wanting to swap places at the same time (scheduling). I find the chance that a family in Chicago swapping with a family in Florida and aligning things like (house size, flights, timing, etc.) to be a small target to hit. Every time I use Airbnb the use case is quite different (spare room, shared room, private house) and the owners don't usually go far away. I'm sure there are times where this may work (festivals, conferences, etc.) and definitely intrigued to see how it all plays out!
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To overcome the issue of timing, house sizes, etc. you could do cross swaps. You could do it by creating something called a swap basket. Instead of swapping your house you put it in the basket and pick another one from it.
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