Between a Hotel Stay and a Year-Long Lease, Michael Lau Found a Business Worth Building
@MaxFuega | SUBSCRIBE I've lived in the gap Michael Lau is building for: that space between a $150 hotel night and a twelve-month lease you don't actually want. When I found a platform built by someone who'd lived it too, I knew this story needed telling... The suitcase has been unpacked long enough that the room no longer feels temporary. There are groceries in the refrigerator, clothes in the closet and a few everyday routines beginning to form. You aren't really visiting anymore, but you aren't putting down roots for the next year either. Maybe work brought you to a new city for several months. Maybe you're relocating and need somewhere to live before deciding where “home” will be. Maybe you're a traveling medical professional, a remote worker with the freedom to move, or someone whose life simply doesn't fit neatly into a twelve-month lease. Michael Lau believes people living in that in-between have been asked to make do with a rental mark...