Escape

The ultimate coffee alarm clock, a short-term rental horror movie turns real, and more

By Virginia K. Smith  | February 17, 2016 - 10:59AM
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An alarm clock that also makes you pour over: a stroke of yuppie genius (Apartment Therapy)

Yikes: this San Francisco Airbnb nightmare directly parallels the plot of a 90s horror movie (The BIllfold)

For just $27 million, you can have the, er, privilege of owning a home next to Woody Allen on the UES (NYP)

If you've got the potential to eventually be rich, lenders may loosen their down payment requirements (WSJ)

Meanwhile, a Hell's Kitchen Airbnb guest stole everything from their host's pad, right down to the smoke alarm (DNAinfo)

The potential downside to the mandatory inclusionary zoning being proposed by de Blasio (Crain's)

So, is there ever a way to minimize one's impact as a gentrifier? (The Billfold)

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