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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So many people on DCUM just assume that others have bad intentions, including their close friends. That's weird to me. It's clear that OP doesn't want to let her friends stay there because she perceives that they're asking for a monetary gift (which I don't see, but whatever), and will dig her heels in farther and farther any time there is pushback. So you do you, OP. I think it will be awkward this way, but you seem prepared to deal with that.[/quote]

I think the friends made it awkward. [/quote]

+1 Same.  You can tell who does not own a second home, by their responses. For instance, cleaning fees alone, during season are about $500. (no, I won't divulge where). This may be difficult for non-owners to grasp, especially since some people are of the "Robin Hood" mindset. It beats paying full rental price, but takers don't see it that way. [/quote]

We get it. We have second homes. We just don't mind paying a few hundred dollars for our friends to use our house. You do you. [/quote]

You don't get it, because it is well over a thousand dollars not a few hundred dollars (by the time you pay the professional cleaning company plus professional caretaker for their visits, etc.). It is not some podunk town, it is on the beach. So no, you don't get it. [/quote]

My house is at the beach, dimwit. You were discussing a $500 cleaning fee, which is what I responded to. I get paying for water, electric, caretaker, etc. It doesn't sound like you have a lot of friends so I doubt you get asked to use your house much anyway. [/quote]

We actually have a few nice circles of friends and family, but they have their own beach houses so they are not leaches who have to resort to name calling (if they don't get to use their friends beach house). Ahem.[/quote]

It's leeches. My friends also have second homes (note, not investment properties like you seem to have) in various places (lakes, mountains, city condos, etc.) and we don't have problems sharing with other like-minded friends. [/quote]

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