1) Useful information thank you, shared with today's booking.
2) Upon making an instantaneous booking, I received an aggressive email from the real estate agent saying Airbnb would not be communicating from then on, I "had to" open an account with the agent's platform in order to get check-in information etc. etc. (I didn't.) Yes, dodgy. I was familiar with the agency and was very disappointed as I had deliberately avoided booking with them (they dominate rentals in their area with patchy results). Within Airbnb I reviewed the visit accordingly. I also advised Airbnb immediately about the legal ramifications, without any response. The second aspect was that within Airbnb a certain cancellation policy would have applied (and this was more than a month ahead), but within the real estate agency it was "instant death" - 100% loss of money (other than cleaning fee) if I cancelled, even within 1 hr. of booking! BAD.