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☆ An NYC carriage house from the 1800s once home to an Astor family heir is on sale for $7 million — take a look
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A quaint carriage house near Manhattan's Gramercy Park was originally built in the late 1800s. Descendants of Winston Churchill and New York's famous Astor family once lived there. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThis New York City carriage house has lived many lives since it was built in the 1800s.

Persons: Winston Churchill, Astor, — Organizations: Service, New, Business Locations: Manhattan's, New, York City, New York

☆ We rented our house on Airbnb for 15 years. It was so much work that we had to stop.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Dana Mcmahan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Renting your home to strangers for money wasn't even on the horizon when my husband and I bought our first house almost 20 years ago. I thought renting our house to race-goers would be an easy way to make a quick paycheck. We were early Airbnb adoptersIt didn't go well at first, though, with our first guests writing us a bad check. Courtesy of the auhorAlthough it's commonplace now, in those early days, friends thought we'd lost it when we let strangers stay in our house. A beautiful house that just needed some work, with a third floor guest suite and a carriage house, it had tons of potential as a short-term rental rental.

Persons: wasn't, Airbnb, we'd, Vertigo, COVID didn't, we're, aren't, it's, Diane Deaton, who's, It's, I've Organizations: Service, Kentucky Derby, Business, Realtors, House Locations: Louisville , Kentucky, Vertigo Louisville, Detroit, Louisville

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy on Wednesday launched a bid for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in next year's contest. A Virginia native, and University of Virginia graduate, Tammy Murphy worked in finance at Goldman Sachs alongside Phil Murphy before the couple settled in New Jersey. A former Republican, Tammy Murphy has spoken about growing up in a GOP-leaning area of Virginia and has previously donated to that party. The suit alleges that Tammy Murphy denied a trooper the use of a carriage house on Murphy's property to pump breast milk. Menendez's indictment led to a collapse of Democratic support in the state for him.

Persons: Tammy Murphy, Andy Kim, Democratic U.S . Sen, Bob Menendez, ”, Murphy, Phil Murphy, Goldman Sachs, ” Menendez, Nadine Menendez, He's, hasn't, he'll, he's, Jon Corzine's, Menendez, Kim Organizations: —, Wednesday, Democratic, U.S, Senate, Democratic U.S ., Democratic Gov, University of Virginia, Goldman, New, New Jersey Council, Republican, Prosecutors Locations: TRENTON, N.J, — New Jersey, New Jersey, Virginia, Jersey, Egypt

☆ I converted a sheep barn into an Airbnb with $2,000. Now, I manage over 100 listings. Here's how I grew my business and weathered the Airbnb apocalypse.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Jamie Inlow saw the Airbnb potential of her neighbor's sheep barn, and the two went into business. A property Inlow manages in Charlottesville, Virginia. In late 2020, the business took a real shift when a local real estate agent sent me a DM on Instagram. My partner and I run this Airbnb business full timeI didn't leave my consultancy job until July 2022 as my husband and I were also building our family home. The stylish interior of a Be Still Getaways property.

Persons: Jamie Inlow, Inlow, —, Airbnb, influencers, messaged, who'd, I'm, Inlow's, We're, we've Organizations: Service, Be, Appalachian State University, Facebook, House Locations: Scottsville , Virginia, Scottsville, Charlottesville , Virginia, Staunton , Virginia, Instagram

☆ Former Bridgewater CEO Dave McCormick would get big money backing for Pennsylvania U.S. Senate run
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Dave McCormick, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Pennsylvania , greets supporters during a campaign event with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, at Lehigh Valley Sporting Clays in Coplay, Pa., on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. The last time McCormick ran for Senate, his chief rival in the Republican primary was TV host Dr. Mehment Oz. Christian Ferry, who previously worked for Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and late GOP Sen. John McCain, said, "Every cycle these totals continue to go up." McCormick has reportedly been promised the support of the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Burch paid approximately $16 million for the estate, according to Newsday.

Persons: Dave McCormick, Sen, Ted Cruz, Dave McCormick's, Tory Burch, McCormick, Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, Steven Mnuchin, Gary Cohn, David Solomon, Bob Steel, Perella Weinberg, Mnuchin, Donald Trump, Cohn, Bob Casey, Paul Singer, Steve Schwarzman, Burch, Mnuchin Cohn, Singer, Schwarzman, Steel, Dave, agains Casey, Dina Powell McCormick, Dina, Democrat John Fetterman, Mehment Oz, OpenSecrets . Oz, Donald Trump . Oz, Casey, Oz, Alex Conant, Republican Sen, Marco Rubio, It's, Lindsey Graham, GOP Sen, John McCain, Mitch McConnell of Organizations: Republican U.S, Lehigh Valley, U.S, Senate, Bridgewater Associates, Democratic, Elliot Investment Management, Blackstone, CNBC, Steel, NBC News, Associated Press, McCormick, Keystone, Bush, Treasury, Pennsylvania Senate, Democrat, Republican, GOP, PAC, Bridgewater, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Fund, Prosperity, that's, Koch Industries, Hamptons, Newsday Locations: Republican, Pennsylvania, Texas, Coplay, Pa, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Trump, OpenSecrets ., Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Southampton, Long, , New York, Palm Beach

☆ Chip and Joanna Gaines are selling the Magnolia House for nearly $1 million. Take a look inside.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Samantha Grindell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Chip and Joanna Gaines own multiple rental properties in the Waco, Texas, area. Chip and Joanna Gaines own rental properties. Rob Kim/Getty ImagesThe Gaineses currently have four homes available that people can rent in the Waco, Texas, area, and they're opening a hotel in town in November. Two of those rentals are the Magnolia House and the Carriage House, which sit on the same property in McGregor, Texas, 20 minutes from Waco. Chip and Joanna renovated the Magnolia House in 2015, as documented in season three of "Fixer Upper" in "Home Away From Home for the Holidays."

Persons: Chip, Joanna Gaines, Rob Kim, Joanna Organizations: Magnolia, Magnolia House Locations: Waco , Texas, McGregor , Texas, Waco

One listing quickly became two, then a full-fledged property management business, called Be Still Getaways, in 2020. This year, Be Still Getaways is on track to bring in $3 million, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. For the first two and half years of Be Still Getaways, Inlow had to work all three jobs. "I was still working full-time [outside of] Be Still Getaways, and that is how we scale." Here's how Inlow scaled her company, and how she plans to build in more work-life balance as the business grows.

Persons: Jamie Stark Inlow, Inlow, Jamie Inlow's, Mark Petruniak, we'll, Jamie Inlow, Getaways, Sydney Robertson, It's Organizations: University of Virginia, CNBC, Airbnb, Carriage, Carriage House, Cape Charles Locations: Scottsville , Virginia, Virginia, Virginia's

☆ A wedding dress restorer displays more than 150 years of history
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Aj Willingham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Tierney is a professional dressmaker and textile restorer, and had gathered 12 of her clients to model wedding dresses sewed or restored by Tierney’s own hand. It was also a celebration of tradition, family and more than 150 years of wedding dress history. The threads of historyTierney has been restoring wedding gowns and creating her own custom work for 18 years. People loved my costumes so much they asked me to start making some for them.”A lifelong seamstress, Tierney delved into the research and artistry of historic wedding gown and lace restoration. There is a lot of trust involved.”That may mean taking the entire thing apart and repairing it piece by piece, like Tierney did with one wedding gown dating back to 1894.

Persons: Karen Tierney, Tierney, Tierney’s, Lord Byron, Jane Austen –, George Pardee, ” Tierney, “, ”, –, she’s, taffeta Organizations: CNN, California Gov, Adobe, Stanford University, Oakland Locations: Oakland , California, California, Maine, Montana, Oregon, Southern California, Ireland, San Francisco

☆ 32-year-old spent $2,000 setting up an Airbnb in her neighbor's barn—now her rentals bring in $2.88 million a year
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The company brought in $2.28 million last year on Airbnb and rental platform Eviivo, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. She paid a company to help her create hashtags and build her online presence — all for a single Airbnb property. She asked Randall to promote the Airbnb listing on her "Stays and Getaways" page, in exchange for a free stay. When a former middle school classmate reached out asking for Airbnb advice, Inlow said she'd redesign and run the property herself for $10,000. That fall, Inlow purchased another property management company, Cape Charles Escapes, to expand her rental portfolio to Virginia's coast.

Persons: Jamie Inlow's, Inlow, wasn't, Jamie Inlow, Julia Randall, Randall, Getaways, Cape Charles Organizations: University of Virginia, CNBC, Google, Airbnb, Cape, Historic, LV8 Locations: Scottsville , Virginia, Virginia, Virginia's, Staunton , Virginia

☆ Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe says he was accused of taking too many black cars, stealing 'a pregnant woman's sandwich' before his ouster as CEO of the right-wing org
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

James O'Keefe, founder of right-wing organization Project Veritas, has been removed as CEO. On Monday, O'Keefe spoke for 45 minutes, describing a 7-hour board meeting prior to his ouster. Project Veritas is a far-right group that publishes selectively edited video clips of public and corporate officials, liberal groups, and the press. In September, a jury found Project Veritas liable for fraudulently misrepresenting itself and violating federal wiretap laws. He ended his remarks with an insistence that he plans to continue the work he was doing at Project Veritas under a new name.

☆ These three giant historic mansions were all on the market at the same time in Detroit
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Konstantina Buhalis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Book, Kresge, and Whitney mansions were on the market until the Book finally sold. The Book, Kresge, and Whitney mansions were on the market for months, with the Book finally selling at the end of 2022. The Book Mansion, sold for $1.2 millionJames Burgess Book Jr. developed the Book Mansion, part of the historic Indian Village neighborhood, in 1911. James Burgess Book Jr. developed the Book Mansion, part of the Indian Village neighborhood, in 1911. The Kresge Mansion has staff quarters and a carriage house with living quarters upstairs.

☆ Jony Ive on Life After Apple
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Elisa Lipsky-Karasz | Photography Alasdair Mclellan For Wsj. Magazine | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

I can always write an awful lot that I can’t draw,” Jony Ive , the mastermind behind Apple ’s most revolutionary products, says as he holds up a Space Age–style coffee cup. “If I draw this, it only captures certain attributes.”Ive is sitting in the garden of a Pacific Heights carriage house high in the San Francisco hills, a building he converted into a private studio and occasional crash pad for friends. Apart from the cup—devised by Ive’s business partner and fellow designer, Marc Newson, and made by the Japanese brand Noritake—Ive designed nearly every indoor and outdoor element of this deceptively simple space, down to the gray marble bathroom sink and the garden’s round, rough-hewn stepping stones.

☆ An Airbnb host who manages 60 properties and has earned 4,300 5-star reviews shares the biggest errors she sees newbies make
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

After seeing her listing on the front page of Airbnb search results, other hosts in the area reached out for advice. Now, she runs an operation with six assistants that oversees 60 properties nationwide, from condos in Myrtle Beach to fishing cabins in Colorado. This strategy will only ultimately frustrate guests, Mosher said. In addition to bad reviews, hosts with an over-capacity space are increasing liability for their space and the wear and tear on their furniture. For example, instead of "Thanks for your message," Mosher sends guests: "Thank you for the fantastic communication, safe travels and happy adventures."

With the term “personal taxes,” however, Mr. Garten appears to be conflating income taxes with other federal taxes Mr. Trump has paid — Social Security, Medicare and taxes for his household employees. Fragments of Mr. Trump’s tax returns have leaked out before. Mr. Agalarov’s father, Aras, a billionaire who boasts of close ties to Mr. Putin, was Mr. Trump’s partner in the event. Mr. Trump’s avoidance of income taxes is one of the most striking discoveries in his tax returns, especially given the vast wash of income itemized elsewhere in those filings. When they got to line 56, the one for income taxes due, the amount was the same each year: $750.

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