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i'll replace this notion of friend with a metric of how much time is spent with a person

i agree with the comment noting expectations, and also want to emphasise that i have spent lots of time with either type of houseguest

but what i have found interesting is it is easier to fall into spending time when the money exchanging hands is roughly the amount i would want to pay for the service

for instance, on airb.. i have set my price on the room i offer both under, on, and over what i myself would want to pay for the room

when i charge less than what i would pay for my space i can get guests that i feel are rude or disrespectful to me, my home, andor my neighbors

if i charge more than i would want to pay for the space, i can get people who have high expectations: arguably, fair expectations on what they get for the price; or are just absent because someone else paid the bill and they are there to work

when i charge a rate that i think would be fair if i were to be paying for the space i find i spend more time with the people

the worst part is when you enjoy the time you spend with people you know are going back home across the country or globe




Right. In GAAP, the technical term for the difference between a business's total assets (minus liabilities) and it's valuation price is "goodwill".




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