It only took five years for the couch-surfing startup Airbnb to rocket past 10 million bookings–and it only took 10 days for my landlord to force me out of my apartment for riding the wave. After court appearances, phone calls, and printer cartidges, the ink is dry on a settlement that has me vacating my apartment in 10 days , all because I turned to Airbnb instead of Craigslist to find roommates–and a chunk of income in the process. Given that Airbnb announced today that it had surpassed 10 million bookings, I’m hardly alone in my thinking

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My Airbnb Biz Got Me Evicted, Here’s What I Learned
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