Warren Buffett’s Childhood Home Goes on Airbnb

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The bidder has to be a Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B), but beyond that qualification, people can bid on a stay at Warren Buffett’s childhood home, via Airbnb.

There are a small number of rules for the bidding. Each must click the “Contact Host” button, and stay away from the “Request to Book” section. The chance coincides with the company’s annual meeting, according to Airbnb:

Win a stay in Warren Buffett’s childhood home during the annual Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting weekend!

The famous investor’s long list of successes is used as an enticement:

Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha, is known for inspiring entrepreneurs annually at the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting. And this year during the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting, one lucky winner will get to see where it all began. We’re giving away the chance to be the honored guest in the house where Warren Buffett was raised. (This is also the house where he launched his trail-blazing career… with a neighborhood paper route!) Warren’s family moved there in 1936 when he was six years old and his mother continued to live there until 1966. Ready for a once-in-a-lifetime weekend commemorating the 50th anniversary of Berkshire Hathaway? Wonderful!

Despite his fame and track record, the house is very ordinary. It accommodates six, has three bedrooms and two bathrooms, and, of course, air conditioning. Cancellation is what Airbnb calls “flexible,” which means “Full refund 1 day prior to arrival, except fees.” However, the deal is not quite that simple; read the fine print.

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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