FLOATINGLOFT Investment Opportunity

IN THE NEWS Houseboats are not a new idea - but have been hitting the news daily now with AirBnB and the Millennial Mobile Phone and Short-term Housing / Booking culture. There are 5,600 boats listed on AirBnB today - with approx. 150,000 likely to be listed as the market matures. Those under 35 now want "experiences" more than ever before. If you are not age 21-35....ask someone who is! (by text of course, verbal communication is long gone) Making waves in 'the sharing economy': Peer-to- peer boat rental companies arrive in South Florida BY NANCY DAHLBERG SEPTEMBER 15, 2013 11:00 AM, UPDATED SEPTEMBER 15, 2013 07:50 PM ☑ Getting out on the open sea, wind in your hair, enjoying the ride with your family and friends. Then there's the boat payments, storage fees, fuel, maintenance and repair - these costs can quickly sink the dream of boat ownership. Ahoy, mates a new breed of boat-sharing services is entering the hot South Florida boating market. San Francisco-based Boatbound.co set up its East Coast headquarters on the Rickenbacker Causeway in Key Biscayne and launched nationally in June. About the same time, Cruzin.com finished a pilot program in Dania Beach and went live with its site, and there are a handful of other national competitors eyeing the Sunshine State. Locally based startups Fun2boat.com, Boatyard.com and Boatsetter.com are getting ready to launch their own variations on the concept. The. Guardian

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