Methodology

Calculators

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• Booked nights per month = 30.4 × occupancy.
• Stays per month = booked nights ÷ average stay length.
• Booking income = booked nights × nightly rate + stays × the cleaning fee you charge.
• Costs = rent + bills + supplies + software and repairs + stays × cleaning cost, plus the platform fee and any management fee as a percentage of booking income.
• Profit = booking income − costs.

Worst, base and best cases re-run your numbers with lower or higher occupancy and nightly rate. In the profit calculator the worst case is 15 points less occupancy and a 10% lower rate; the best case is 10 points more occupancy and a 10% higher rate. They are stress tests, not forecasts.

Legal Status Labels

Allowed

Short-term rentals are permitted without a dedicated permit or registration.

Permit required

Permitted with a license, permit or registration.

Restricted

Permitted only under conditions, such as a primary-residence rule, a night cap or zoning limits.

Banned

Short-term rentals of the kind described are not permitted.

A status describes the rules for hosting. A tenant also needs the landlord’s written permission and must follow any building or HOA rules.

City Pages

Rent, nightly rate and occupancy figures show where they come from and the date they apply to. They are starting points for the calculator, not guarantees.