Airbnb your room? Drive for Lyft? Unfortunately, that extra income isn't free money.
Early last year, a New York-based freelancer—let's call him Henry—had to travel for a project. The job required him to be gone for a few months, so, in order to offset the cost of his room in the East Village, Henry fired up Airbnb, snapped a few pictures, wrote a short description, and listed his space for rent.