If your house has a swimming pool, you might just be sitting on a gold mine. Thousands of people are renting out their pools for big bucks on Swimply—an online marketplace for hourly rentals of pools and outdoor spaces. And many are using the cash to pay their mortgage payments and home renovations. Radio host Jim Beach, 57, … Read more
Is this Australia’s answer to a massive issue? Overworked. Dating apped-out. Socially isolated. If the numbers are anything to go by, we’re getting lonely. One in four young Aussies feel that way daily. Something needs to change. There is currently a massive demand for rental girlfriend services on Aussie shores. Girls are being hired for company, … Read more
You don’t have to believe Manhattan’s brokers when they say the wealthy have turned to renting — the numbers say it all. The amount of households racking in at least $750,000 and choosing to rent went up 10.5% between 2018 and 2022, according to the recent Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances. Not only are … Read more
A Hobart man who copped backlash after renting out a tent in his backyard for $125 a week has responded after being accused “shameful” behavior online. Mark, a renter, offered the tent as emergency accommodation for a single person and was met with a tidal wave of negativity from Australians. His friend Helen Quinn posted … Read more
No, renters, you are not imagining those grey hairs springing up on your head – your living situation is actually making you older, faster. A landmark study out of the University of Adelaide and University of Essex has found that living in a private rental property accelerates the biological aging process by more than two … Read more
An Atlanta mom has revealed that she enjoys being pregnant so much that she is now leasing out her womb to prospective parents — for a substantial $40,000 fee. Yessenia Latorre, 26, has delivered three babies so far, two of which were her own and one as a surrogate. While Latorre is hoping to grow … Read more
Struggling artists need not apply. The former Noho studio and digs where the late, great Jean-Michel Basquiat spent the last five years of his life is on the rental market — for a cool $60,000 a month. Basquiat, who died in 1988, leased the funky space at 57 Great Jones Street from mentor Andy Warhol, … Read more