White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has warned that North Korea is "coming close"
to having ICBMs that can strike the U.S. mainland.
Speaking to Fox News on Tuesday,... Kelly also said Pyongyang cannot be allowed... to
possess such dangerous weapons.
The retired general also called on China... to exert more pressure on the regime,... in
hopes of encouraging the North to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
Kelly stressed... that he does *not view China as an enemy of the United States,... adding
that Chinese President Xi Jinping is a man (quote) "worthy of praise."
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Manafort can be sentenced to 80 years in prison, FBI - Duration: 3:22.
President Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, surrendered to federal authorities
after he was indicted Monday on charges that he funneled millions of dollars through overseas
shell companies and used the money to buy luxury cars, real estate, antiques and expensive
suits.
As reported by Censor.NET citing The New York Times, the charges against Mr. Manafort and
his longtime associate Rick Gates represent a significant escalation in a special counsel
investigation that has cast a shadow over Mr. Trump's first year in office.
Separately, one of the early foreign policy advisers to Mr. Trump's presidential campaign,
George Papadopoulos, pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I. about a contact with a Russian
professor with ties to Kremlin officials, prosecutors said on Monday.
The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, was assigned in May to investigate whether
anyone close to Mr. Trump participated in a Russian government effort to influence last
year's presidential election.
Monday's indictments indicate that Mr. Mueller has taken an expansive view of his mandate.
The indictment of Mr. Manafort and Mr. Gates makes no mention of Mr. Trump or election
meddling.
Instead, it describes in granular detail Mr. Manafort's lobbying work in Ukraine and what
prosecutors said was a scheme to hide that money from tax collectors and the public.
The authorities said Mr. Manafort laundered more than $18 million.
"Manafort used his hidden overseas wealth to enjoy a lavish lifestyle in the United
States without paying taxes on that income," the indictment reads.
Mr. Gates is accused of transferring more than $3 million from offshore accounts.
The two are also charged with making false statements.
"As part of the scheme, Manafort and Gates repeatedly provided false information to financial
bookkeepers, tax accountants and legal counsel, among others," the indictment read.
Mr. Papadopoulos admitted that in a January interview with the F.B.I., he lied about his
contacts with a Russian professor, whom he knew to have "substantial connections to Russian
government officials," according to court documents.
Mr. Papadopoulos told the authorities that the conversation occurred before he became
an adviser to Mr. Trump's campaign.
In fact, he met the professor days after joining the campaign.
On May 31, Petro Poroshenko Bloc MP Serhii Leshchenko and journalists Anton Marchuk and
Sevhil Musaieva-Borovyk published some of the documents proving the existence of Party
of Regions' slush funds.
According to the materials, the Party of Regions spent $66 million on political corruption
over the second half of 2012.
Even earlier, ex-Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Viktor Trepak said he had
passed the information about Party of Regions' slush funds to the National Anti-Corruption
Bureau.
NABU Director Artem Sytnyk confirmed the acceptance of 841 files related to the slush funds and
covering the period between 2008-2012.
Sytnyk announced the start of identification of all persons indicated in the documents,
adding the NABU would take measures to prevent their possible escape from the country.
He noted the involvants will be charged under the "offering of undue profit" article of
the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
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Rep. Lynch: 'This type of attack can't be defended against' - Duration: 2:47.
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Morning Conversations with Jim Self and Roxane Burnett - You Can Always Go To No - Duration: 7:57.
So last week we talked about planning. Planning. And how do you basically make
some decisions. And we touched on the Fourth Fifth Sixth Ray about how you put
things together, you can really take them apart. But the planning process is
something where we were talking about you basically plan three times knowing
your first two are incorrect. And not a failure, they're just simply something
probably isn't correct about how the pieces go together. So plan once, you
step back, you look at your plan, you realize can't do this and you make
adjustments. But there's a another aspect of this that is really kind of valuable
in the planning process to give yourself an awful lot of freedom. Most people
basically start talking with somebody about doing something and there appears
to be a blockage in where you want it to go-- the other person doesn't want to go
to the movies and you do want to go to the movies, that type of a thing. So
there's a really interesting concept that if you recognize you can always go
to "no." You can always go to no. You can always say, no that doesn't work for
me. But you can't always go to yes. And so it's an interesting thing if when you
know you can say no you have a tremendous amount of freedom and
permission to say, well tell me some more. How would it work? What would I have to
do? Get more information about it. Give me some more information. Tell the story that you
tell when you talk about this in class. Sure, in class we talk about this. So, so
there's a woman sitting here really attractive woman to me and I say to her
"Gee, you really look nice and would you like to go to the Caribbean with me?" and
she looks at me and goes, "No!" No, okay. So I see another attractive woman there
who was real interesting and I say, "Would you like to go to the Caribbean with me?"
and she says, "Give me a little bit more information."
Tell me more. So, well, I have just sold my business and I have a new condominium
and I'm really looking to go and enjoy myself and I'd like to go with somebody.
Oh that's really interesting, well tell me some more. So do I have my own room?
Yes, there's plenty of room. Do I have to have sex? No, not unless you want to. The
point is: tell me more. When would we do this, how much would it
cost me to go? It won't cost you anything, I've got all this money. All of a sudden
the offer seems to be really very interesting. May work, it may not work. But
the first woman said no. Never even got to hear the possibilities, using a sexist
simple silly story, but the point is pretty clear.
Same thing with: I would like to have some experiences, I would like to go on
vacation. Husband, wife talking about how do we make this happen? What's possible?
So when you understand you can always go to no and you start to embrace it in
your concept, in your planning, the ability to plan a couple of times, the
ability to say, "Tell me more, how is it possible?" when the great question is: How
would it be possible? The reason it's a great question is, there is-- the answer "No"
doesn't fit into "How would it be possible?" Well how would it possible? No,
you can't do this. Well I know I can't do it but if I could do it how would it be
possible? And the person can't keep saying no because there's --it's not a
yes/no question. And quite often the person will simply say, well I guess you
could do this. And in that context I remember a long time ago I got a ticket
or at least I got stopped, and I said to the cop, how would it be possible that
you don't give me a ticket? Well you were doing whatever. I know and, but how would
it be possible just to give me a warning? And I asked two or three times and
finally he said, all right, whatever. You know, slow down, or whatever.
To be careful. And no ticket .So this ability to basically recognize you can
always go to no, ask the question how would it be possible,
give yourself some freedom. Well exploring any new thing or exploring any
decision, that strategy allows for more. It allows for greater understanding and
the, the piece I'm thinking of is, look-- going for a job and checking out a
company to work for. And so you, you, most people find out about the company before
they walk in the door or apply for the interview and they they want to fi--
can I work here? Mm-hmm. Yeah and a lot of times if you go in to
that situation from the 'how would it be possible and I can always go to no' is,
you start interviewing the person about why I would want to work here, rather
than giving up your seniority and have them ask you all kinds of questions, some
of which you'll answer which in their game plan is the wrong answer.
But you could have said it a whole nother way, so the process is: know you can
go to no, and you ask a better question. And it's really amusing when you start
to play the game of: can we do this? what would it take? You know: "How can I
convince you to go with me to the Caribbean?" type of thing. It's freeing.
Yeah. And coupled with planning two or three times, asking a better question,
knowing you can go to no, really opens up the ability to enjoy your exploration
without having to come to a conclusion right from the very beginning
without having a full exploration. Okay now these may sound like simple little
concepts but the simple concept gives you a huge range of freedom that without
the simple concept many people don't know how to get out of
the box that they're in, and consequently can't answer the question: how would I
like to experience myself? How would I like to create? You stay stuck.
This is very much an 'unsticking' set of concepts. I don't think that's a word.
I just made that up. How would it be possible that it could become a word? How would it be possible? So
hopefully this is helpful. These little strategies, these little concepts really
begin to be the linchpins that unloosen the 'stuckness,' the limitations that we
put ourselves in. And again, this Shift is providing really, really fascinating
opportunities if you can step out of the noise and start to say, how would I like
to experience myself? So we'll stop there for today but we'll come back next week
with one more little strategy.
you
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#When is Champions League knockout round draw, and how can Prem sides qualify - Duration: 4:24.
When is Champions League knockout round draw, and how can Prem sides qualify
ITS been a superb campaign so far for the Premier League representatives in this seasons Champions League.
Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Spurs and Liverpool have begun to shift opinion over English football with a number of dominating performances.
Antonio Conte and Co are in Rome to take on Roma in the Champions League.
And their success has put them on the cusp of qualification, with the knockout stages within touching distance for all five teams.
Toni Kroos has gone onto win the Champions League three times and World Cup.
When is the Champions League knockout round draw?.
ONCE the group stage is done and dusted, the remaining sixteen teams progress through to the two-leg knockouts.
The draw will be made at Uefa headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
It will take place on Monday December 11.
How can Chelsea qualify?.
Chelsea and Roma played out a 3-3 thriller earlier this month in the return fixture.
ANTONIO CONTEs side will reach the last-16 if they can get a win over Roma on Wednesday evening.
If they fail to do so, it will be a case of picking up maximum points in Azerbaijan, as they visit a Qarabag side they thrashed 6-0 in matchday done.
How can Liverpool qualify?.
Jurgen Klopp is trying to figure out how to solve Liverpools defensive woes.
THE REDS absolutely steamrollered Maribor last time out, putting SEVEN past the Slovenian champions.
They cant qualify at Anfield in that reverse fixture, as that was their first win in the competition within a tough group.
Three points over Maribor will set Jurgen Klopps side on their way, but they do face a tough trip to Sevilla and a home game against Spartak which will ultimately decide their fate.
How can Manchester City qualify?.
Kevin De Bruyne has warned any title rivals that Man City can score with their eyes closed.
PEP GUARDIOLAs goal-hungry side are beating all comers at the moment - and will qualify for the knockouts with a point away in Naples.
City narrowly saw off the Serie A side 2-1 at the Etihad and know a draw will secure qualification with two games left to go.
How can Manchester United qualify?.
Mourinho is showing once again he has what it takes to challenge for the highest honours.
UNITED have also won all three of their games sit proudly at the top of Group A.
If they beat Benfica at Old Trafford and CSKA Moscow fail to beat Basel, Jose Mourinhos side qualify.
Even a point would be enough if the Russians lose in Switzerland.
How can Tottenham qualify?.
Kane is expected to return from injury to face Los Blancos on Wednesday.
DESPITE being in the Group of Death, Spurs have given themselves a wonderful chance of qualification after a home win over Dortmund and drawing at the Bernabeu.
If they beat Madrid at Wembley, Mauricio Pochettinos side qualify.
And if Dortmund lose to APOEL in Germany, a draw would be enough for Real and Spurs to sail through to the next stage.
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Some of cousin's statements can be used in Willis trial - Duration: 1:29.
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Only YOU can make YOU Happy! - Duration: 0:51.
Hey, what's up Fam! Let's talk about happiness. And I know this is an emotion that we
are all seeking in life; and I just want to share something with you because
although this emotion is something we are seeking, it's really more than the
emotion that we are seeking; because let's face it, we have all experienced
the emotion of happiness, which is why we are so drawn to it. But, what do you
really know what we want more than just occasionally feeling happy; we want to
live in that state of happiness! We really want to feel and be happy more
often than not; we want to live within this state of 'Being.' But, do you know what we
human beings really want more than just being in that state of happiness? We
really want a World of happiness.
Peace and One Love!
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Can Sacramento Dispensaries Rise To Compliance With Pot Laws By January? - Duration: 2:32.
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How we can make our life interesting? - Duration: 1:55.
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Song Hye Kyo In A Wedding Dress, Song Joong Ki Can't Take His Eyes Off Her - Duration: 3:56.
Song Hye Kyo In A Wedding Dress, Song Joong Ki Can't Take His Eyes Off Her
The Song Song couples wedding is well underway and will start anytime soon! .
The couple has already arrived and their first photos of them arriving were captured! .
First Pictures of Song Hye Kyo and Song Joong Ki Arriving At Their Wedding.
They will be having their wedding ceremony in an outdoor venue in the Shilla hotel as seen in the earlier article showing the venue!.
This Is What Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyos Wedding Looks Like Right Now .
New photos being shared now show Song Hye Kyo and Song Joong Ki looking ecstatic about their big day! .
In these photos, everyone can finally marvel at the beautiful wedding dress Song Hye Kyo chose for her wedding!.
The wedding has not started yet as the photos show them looking casual.
Song Hye Kyo practicing her aisle walk is absolute happiness! .
Song Hye Kyo looks like she is very happy to choose and point the man she wants to live with her whole life!.
This is just a rehearsal as the couple is looking very casual and the guest seats are still empty as seen in this short clip of Song Hye Kyo!.
Song Joong Ki can also be seen being taken care of to look his best for his big day! .
Check out all the other photos of the happy couple below!.
Stay tuned for more updates and catch up with everything about the Song Song couples wedding as more details are released!.
Catch Up On Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo's Relationship News!.
Song Song Couple Wedding Will Feature Park Bo Gums Piano Solo and Lee Kwang Soos Heartfelt Letter.
[★BREAKING] Here's what Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo are doing for their wedding and honeymoon.
Heres How Song Joong Ki Proposed To Song Hye Kyo.
[★TRENDING] Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo's Marriage Wouldve Been Illegal 12 Years Ago.
[★TRENDING] 8 Reasons Why Fans Knew Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo Dating Before It Was Announced.
[★BREAKING] Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo are getting married.
[★EXCLUSIVE] Dispatch releases photos from Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo's First Date.
[★BREAKING] Song Hye Kyo Answers: Are You Pregnant With Song Joong Ki.
[★BREAKING] Song Joong Ki releases official statement about his marriage to Song Hye Kyo.
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Cell Phone Challenge 2: Can you go a day without taking a picture? - Duration: 3:13.
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North Korea 'close' to having ICBMs that can hit U.S. mainland: White House official - Duration: 0:38.
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has warned that North Korea is "coming close"
to having ICBMs that can strike the U.S. mainland.
Speaking to Fox News on Tuesday,... Kelly also said Pyongyang cannot be allowed... to
possess such dangerous weapons.
The retired general also called on China... to exert more pressure on the regime,... in
hopes of encouraging the North to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
Kelly stressed... that he does *not view China as an enemy of the United States,... adding
that Chinese President Xi Jinping is a man (quote) "worthy of praise."
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you can't scare me with this - Duration: 0:05.
ahhh
You can't scare me with this.
AAAHHHH
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Can Tesla Rebuild Puerto Rico Power Grid? (Si Se Puede) - Duration: 11:40.
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New Can't Pay We'll Take It Away : S5 E8 : Episode 8 - Duration: 1:03:01.
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Chris Matthews Says Trump Can't Fire Mueller - Duration: 9:00.
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BLF Q8 Flashlight Review. The 5200 lumen Budget Light Forum Beer Can Torch. - Duration: 10:30.
While a normal person would be catching up on what I assume to be Rick Grimes moist Negan
hating eyes in Season 8 of the Walking Dead- well Im not normal- so Im finishing up my
heavily requested BLF Q8 review instead- which is my idea of fun!
The BLF Q8 stands for Budget Light Forum Q8, which is a community designed flashlight,
manufactured by Thorfire.
And currently only sold at Banggood.com.
The special price was $40 which was an absolute steal but I think it hovers around $80 now.
Which is still a great deal per lumens, much in the same vein as The Convoy L6.
So the specs.
The Q8 uses 4 Cree XP-L HD V6 3D LED emitters, which translated from absolute nonsense will
output about 5200 maximum lumens of neutral white like in the 4700-5000k color temperature
range.
Its been designed by flashlight nerds remember in this day and age theres a nerd for everything.
.. for maximum heat dissipation, and based sort of on a skyray king, beer can sized flashlight.
Its made from black anodized aluminum, has a glass lens, a backlit button, a nice user
interface and more.
And it uses 4 high drain 18650 batteries with button tops.
Alright so the Q8 is fairly throwy for a beer can sized light and puts out a lot of light,
so lets look and see my figures.
The lowest it goes is a nice moonlight mode about a third of a lumen.
And while theres a mode setting for people who prefer hard stops of light because theyre
set in their ways, I stick with ramping, which goes upward all the way to its maximum 5200
lumens, and about 57000 candela which is a decent amount of throw meaning I wouldnt call
it a very floody light you got that dense center with an ok spill.
It kinda has a flower petal shaped beam pattern.
Ok the UI.
The Q8 can be run off 1-4 batteries, because the batteries are in parallel the batteries
all face the same way and act more or less like one big battery with 4.2 volts this is
the safest way to run multiple batteries in a big lumen light.
Theres also a mechanical lockout, unscrew the tube slightly while in your bugout bag
or shtf purse, whatever the hell that means.
So the light doesnt turn on accidentally.
Ok theres a lot to the UI, but Im going to keep it simple.
I am using the default UI, with the lowest moonlight, with the backlight on the button
off, and no strobes because it aint a dance party.
Press it once to turn it on press and hold to ramp up and it gets to the brightest setting
then release and press and hold again to go down the brightness scale.
So when finding the brightness you want on the scale if you release the button for less
than threeish seconds before pressing it again it goes the opposite way if you have last
touched the button more than 3 seconds ago it will continue the original way you were
going on the brightness scale . Very smart, It has mode memory so it remembers the last
mode you had when it was on.
You have shortcuts to moonlight by pressing and holding from off.
Although whats weird is there is actually a lower brightness setting than moonlight
from shortcut.
Press and hold release and press and hold again to get to lower than moonlight.
Highest mode double click from on or off or just go all the way up the brightness scale
if you accessed highest mode with a shortcut it wont be remembered in mode memory.
If you accesses it by going up the brightness scale all the way it will.
There are a ton of other ways to configure the UI, or even use modes like a regular light
but this section has been long but just know its probably the easiest UI out of the box
on a big lumen light.
Brightness ramping with shortcuts is so nice and simple.
Also it has thermal or timed step down configuration so you can control your step downs through
some programming.
Runtime.
The Q8 has low voltage protection but it tends to step down and run the batteries down so
turbo mode or highest or 100% with 4 batteries will last forever if you turn it on and let
it run like I did.
I used 4 unprotected button top Samsung 30qs, and you should too.
My thermal step down was set to factory setting at 55c.
It starts out and at 30 seconds were at 5200 lumens.
At 2 minutes in were at about 4900 lumens At 3 minutes in we hit the internal temperature
of 55c or 131 f and it steps down to about 1300 lumens.
If you want it to last longer on turbo set it to timed and reset when it steps down,
but do so at your own risk if it gets too hot to hold then it needs to be turned down
or let cool.
At 30 mins in were at 1348 lumens ish.
An hour were at 1200 lumensish dont you have something better to do like trick or treat?
2 hours were doing 990 lumens 3 hours 740ish lumens
then it does another step down because of volatage and were sitting at 130 lumens at
4 hours.
5 hours were at 16 lumens and it keeps stepping down from there.
You get the idea I ended my test at 12 hours later with very dim light still coming out.
Ok so how about the beamshots.
Here are most of the lights Ill be comparing this too not pictured in this lineup is my
life and the Convoy L6. which I thought about adding after I loaned some of these lights
out and cant reshoot this lineup.
All are big lumenish lights.
But you knew that.
First is the Q8, which is a bit throwier than most beer can lights.
It has a neutral tint, with a whiteish center, creamy around the hot spot, and a blueish
spill.
Again, this is if youre looking at it on a white wall.
In real outdoor in indoor use on 3d surfaces its nice.
I started doing this because people ask me to describe it, even though I think minute
tint criticism is ridiculous because its subjective and you can find fault in most tints if you
look.
Next the Acebeam K30 I just reviewed that, check out that one if you need more of my
talking.
Its cooler white and I tend to not like cool white tints as much.
Its a single emitter light.. again tint shift but its hard to see in my reviews because
I tend to use lights in real fake situations and not just show them on a white wall.
Back to the Q8 for a second.
Best user interface in this whole lineup.
The Manker MK34 has lower moonlight modes though.
And the nicest tint, but has the quickest stepdown.
Nichia 219c emitters tend to have less tint shift overall its nice and slightly warm.
I am trying to show a wide variety of tints here from the cools to the Neutrals.
Now the Meteor, also a nice tint- similarish to the BLF Q8, its a less throwy light but
brighter than the Q8.
Remember below the lumens is the overall brightness and the cd or candela refers to the intensity
of the beam best represented in the hotspot visually or the bright center of the beam.
Now the Olight X7 much brighter less throwy cool white tint.
Ok were mostly done here.
If you dont have a bright beer can light.
This is a very good place to start probably the best value per lumens if youre looking
for a well made light, with a very good UI, and a nice tint.
At the $40 I paid for it its amazing, and its still nice for $80 regular price.
Im sure if you went looking for some Amazon or Ebay multi emitter garbage you might could
find something slightly brighter, for cheaper, but it would have terrible PWM, a bad tint,
and a bad User Interface.
The Q8 is a high tech light with a lot of technology built in.
It has a ton of options to tweak in its Narsil firmware.
Check the video description for batteries, and links to the massive build thread over
on BLF.
Thanks to the Miller and all the other people for working with a manufacturer for about
a year to get this off the ground.
From my limited experience, thats excruciating work.
If you like this review, subscribe comment, give the video a thumbs up.
And check out some videos at the end of this video if youre new to my outdoor gear review
channel.
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Airbnb Horror Stories (& How You Can Prevent Your Own) - Duration: 4:37.
October is the perfect time for snack size candy,
questionable costumes and entertaining your worst fears in
life.
And for those that love a good horror story (my mother),
this month's Airbnb news could definitely feed those fears
(more on that later), but for those that might want to try it,
aren't sure, but would like to hear about all the stuff that
doesn't make the news but could potentially be a nightmare,
we've listed our personal worst Airbnb stories below
(as well as tips on how to avoid having your very own house
of horror.)
The listing said there would be a cat that needed to be fed,
but the listing did not say that there would be a cat that
needed to be fed, medicated three times a day, was prone to
meowing all night, preferred the bathtub to its litter box, and
was owned by a very neurotic part-time actor who liked
harassing Airbnb guests with texts such as
… HAVE YOU PET THE CAT TODAY?
And … IF THE CAT MEOWS, SHE NEEDS LOVE …
These are all things you should not do as an Airbnb host.
Suffice it to say, this was our worst Airbnb experience as
guests, but there were warning signs.
First, he mentioned a
cat and some cat maintenance.
Second, some of his Airbnb
descriptions included language that suggested
he was a wee bit demanding and didn't have the strongest
grasp of customer service "will TEXT YOU if time permits,
otherwise, google it."
Take away on this one:
read between the lines and be clear on expectations.
If there's something about a place that seems
or feels a little different
(I don't know, like … paying to be a cat sitter),
then ask for clarification will be expected of you.
Okay, so this one was 100% our fault.
After checking a guest in on a Friday around 3 PM, we left for a mountain get away with
spotty cell service.
It wasn't until 9 the next morning that we heard our guest's multiple voicemails starting
around 6 PM letting us know that she had locked herself on the balcony.
Worse yet, by the third voicemail,
she … needed to use the restroom.
Between the time she left her messages
and the time we heard those message,
some good samaritan on the street had heard her pleas,
notified the front desk
and helped her back into the studio and off the balcony
(but not before she had to pee in a cup
outside on our balcony).
Sorry!
We owed it to our guest to be reachable during their stay.
They pay us.
They depend on us.
It's about trust and it wasn't cool that we couldn't help her.
If you're out of town or otherwise unavailable,
make sure there is someone nearby
that you trust to take care of your guests
and who can help them in emergencies
(in many cities, including Denver,
this is actually now part of the law.)
We used more colorful language than
rest in peace for the $2400 condominium garage door
we had to replace, but the point is it died after our guest ran
into it with his jeep.
And we know our guest did this because our condo security
cameras caught it and checked who was
staying at our place during that time and a month
later let us know we had a $2400 bill to pay because
buildings like working garage doors.
We won't bore you with the details,
but know that we did get the money back.
The good news is Airbnb has all sorts of safeguards
in place to help you in this kind of situation.
First, they encourage (we encourage) conducting
correspondence through the Airbnb site
so they can mediate when they see it.
Second, you can give reviews and review people before they
stay, and finally- there's insurance.
Airbnb offers host guarantees
(which we don't think is enough)
and you can also get private short-term insurance
which will cover you in such disasters.
And, finally, there's been a lot of press this month about
someone in Florida using a modified smoke alarm to film
their Airbnb guests in the bedroom.
That's truly creepy and a legitimate horror story.
While I feel terrible for the people involved,
Airbnb has had over 50 million users and
relatively few horror stories
(and we've had over 150 guests and minimal issues).
The review system on the site helps keep (most) people
honest and it's proven to be a fairly safe platform for almost
everyone that's used it.
Try not to let the occasional one-off spook you too much.
With BiggerPockets.com
my name is James & I'm Erin,
thank you for watching and if you enjoyed this video make
sure to give us a thumbs up and leave a comment!
Be safe & have a Happy Halloween!
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