Is the property of not containing the free group on two generators invariant under quasi-isometry? Amenability is, so if there is a counterexample it is also a solution to the von Neumann-Day problem (which of course already has a solution).



Is the property of  not containing $\mathbb{F}_2$ invariant under quasi-isometry?
It is a famous open problem. Akhmedov in MR2424177 claimed he could prove that the answer is "no". No proof exists, so I guess he discovered a gap in his argument. 


