Airbnb Profit Calculator

It depends almost entirely on occupancy, nightly rate, and fixed costs — which is why honest answers are calculators, not averages. Plug in your market's numbers above; the annual net and the month-by-month ledger are your answer. A listing that clears $2,000 in July can still lose money for six months of the year.

Most healthy markets land somewhere between 40% and 75% averaged over the year, with strong seasonal swings around that average. Research comparable listings in your area for each season rather than assuming one number — that's exactly what the monthly fields are for.

A flat rate hides the shape of the year. Two properties can both average 60% occupancy while one is steady and the other swings 92% to 40% — same average, completely different cash needs. The seasonal model shows how many months run negative and how much buffer you need, which a flat-vacancy calculator structurally cannot tell you.

That depends entirely on your market, which is why you set it yourself here rather than having the tool guess. A ski town might charge peak rates for December through February; a beach rental might run May through September; a city near a single large festival might have one peak month. Mark exactly the months you actually charge more, including a season that crosses New Year.

Capital expenses (furnace, roof, furniture refresh), property and income taxes, and financing changes are excluded — they vary too much by owner to model honestly with one field. Treat the net cash flow here as pre-tax, pre-CapEx operating cash flow, and set aside a separate reserve for capital items.

ADR (average daily rate) is your average nightly price on booked nights. RevPAR (revenue per available rental) spreads revenue over all nights, booked or not — mathematically occupancy × ADR. This calculator's monthly revenue is the RevPAR identity applied to each month: days × occupancy × rate.

At minimum, the buffer figure this tool computes — the sum of every negative month's shortfall. That's the cash the slow season will actually consume before high season returns. Most hosts add a margin on top for surprises (a cancelled peak week, a repair).

There is no single good cap rate — it depends on your market, the property type, and the risk you're accepting. A commonly cited band for rentals is 4–10%, with residential often landing around 4–6%; core, expensive markets trade lower and riskier markets higher. This tool reports which side of that band you're on and leaves the judgement to you. Note cap rate deliberately excludes your mortgage: it measures the property, not your financing.

Because net operating income excludes debt service by definition. NOI (and therefore cap rate) describes what the property earns regardless of how you financed it, which is what makes it comparable between properties. Your cash flow and cash-on-cash return do include the mortgage, because those describe what happens to your money.