Summer

Renting a Stranger’s Pool for the Day Spikes In Popularity

By April Towery / July 31, 2022 /

It’s been well-documented that it’s hot outside.  Homebuyers are looking for pools; sellers are doing well touting the popular backyard oasis. And the number of people willing to let strangers use their pool for an hourly fee is skyrocketing.  When we first covered this phenomenon last June, 94 pools were listed in the greater Dallas…

Swimply: Renting Willing Strangers’ Pools For Profit

By Jon Anderson / June 10, 2021 /

The “sharing economy” is a quaint admission that, unlike prior generations, you can’t afford to own things because wages have not kept pace with corporate profit. Share your car with Lyft, share your home with Airbnb, share your clothes with The Real Real, and now share your backyard pool with Swimply. Yes, that’s right, homeowners…

Summertime, and the Car Is Heating

By Bethany Erickson / July 5, 2019 /

From staff reports As the mercury climbs, one thing’s for certain: Summertime, and the car is heating — in the interior, specifically. In fact, temperatures can rise to levels as high as 172 degrees, Expedia subsidiary CarRentals.com said in a recent report. And it doesn’t take long for the heat inside a parked vehicle to get to…