It was $140 a night before he tried to extort me. Airbnb has been great for everyone I've talked to, but I've not been having much luck with it. I forwarded the message and my complaint to Airbnb though so we'll see if they decide to do anything about it. What I find hilarious about it is that it's perfectly ok to do shit like that and people can't do anything about it.
I'm still looking at hotels right now, trying to debate if I want to bring the missus with me or not.