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This as-told-to essay relies on a dialog with Michelle Burson, proprietor of an Airbnb in Brookings, Oregon. It has been edited for size and readability.
I dwell between Orange County, California, and Gilbert, Arizona, and my household’s Airbnb property in Oregon was my mother and father’ house. When my dad handed away, we did not wish to promote the home…