#airbnbbusiness
Summary
Michael Chang explains how he earned his first $100,000 on Airbnb through rental arbitrage, in a unit similar to the one shown in Queens, New York. Despite working in investment banking at the time, he spent his nights and weekends working on his Airbnb side hustle to gain time, financial, and location freedom.
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