@Linda
It's about timing Linda, I've already pulled one of my Airbnb five-star listing and my journey with Airbnb is ending shortly, I surely, can't be the only person losing money with Airbnb!
I can completely understand if your making money hand over fist, why wouldn't you be eulogising this smoke and mirror operation but alas experience has shown me it's more a mirage then real, and they keep on adding more Hosts because Airbnb have nothing to lose.
It would appear they want to drive standards up (not a bad thing) and drive prices down, this is not a mix that works if you're the property owner that is, but for Airbnb who have no skin in the game its ideal.
I got a fantastic review form my last Guest explaining that my place was one of the best AirBnb he's stayed in so far why wouldn't he say that, staying in a 55m2 two bedroom spotlessly clean apartment within walking distance of the main square for euros 27 night with all utilities included in the price. Yet Airbnb tell me to reduce the price further to increase my occupancy and lose even more money.
Yet every single booking Airbnb is making money on the backs of us suckers, and in my opinion the system is broken, no amount of investment will give you a decent return if the prices are being driven down and the market is being saturated with new players.