Gee...renting a room from a stranger, sharing the house with a stranger, and you don't know his real name. What could go wrong? I have used AIRBnB to rent a house, in Roatan, but I went through the house, met the property manger the year before. My only small issue was AirBNB caused. And the "extra" $$$ I paid to use AIRBnB, a waste. But then again nothing went wrong. You would think that since AIR BNB can not get these sort of issues controlled, those "not as advertised" rentals, fake rental they would be out of business. Seems like they only can do reactive, not proactive problem solving. The great deal always wins.