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>>pxue+(OP)
This is a common scam - company rents you a property they don't own or have any right to. When you show up you're told that there's a problem of some sort and you're told you can use another of their properties. In desperation you agree. When you get to the other property it'ss much, much worse than what you paid for and basically you're paying top dollar for an unrentable dive.

Airbnb knows about this scam but hasn't done anything to stop it.

Here's Joe Lycett on this exact scam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LhbOKQnhBU

>>zik+t2
This is a big problem in New Orleans, where short term rentals require a license. The hosts don't have that license so to keep the city from finding them they show a different unit and pull this switch.