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Fresh notes across acquisitions, financing, and operations.
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Market selection, DSCR, tax angle, and platform comparisons.
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Use the same underwriting workflow behind these guides to turn a listing into a 15-minute investment memo with DSCR, downside scenarios, and lender-safe outputs.
Editor's picks
A quick sweep across the newest strategy notes, market breakdowns, and underwriting walkthroughs on the desk.
Walk through a real Underwrite analysis on a Gatlinburg cabin — from entering the address to getting a lender-ready DSCR report. See exactly what the tool finds and how to interpret the results.
Underwrite delivers a complete STR investment analysis — financial model, market narrative, renovation scope, and lender-ready PDF — in 15 minutes. Free to try, no credit card required.
A data-driven comparison of short-term vs long-term rental returns — revenue, expenses, risk, and how to underwrite both strategies before you buy.
When a guide gets you to the right acquisition question, plug in the listing and move straight to revenue comps, DSCR, operating costs, and downside cases in one pass.
See how occupancy, ADR, and operating expenses move the deal before you submit an offer.
Move from market reading to property screening without rebuilding your process in spreadsheets.
Turn a listing into a lender-safe memo with downside scenarios, DSCR, and next-step guidance.
Deal analysis
Cash flow, DSCR, expense modeling, and revenue mechanics for deciding whether a listing actually pencils.
6 articlesProjecting Airbnb revenue is the easy part. Calculating what you'll actually keep requires modeling every expense, debt service payment, and vacancy scenario. Here's how to estimate rental income accurately — and a free calculator that does the math for you.
Most STR spreadsheets miss 30–40% of real operating costs. Download our free financial model with every expense line item, DSCR calculation, and scenario analysis built in — then learn when to graduate to a full analysis tool.
Revenue projections are easy to get excited about. Cash flow is what ends up in your bank account. Here's how to model Airbnb cash flow accurately — and the numbers most investors get wrong.
DSCR loans are the preferred financing vehicle for short-term rental investors — but lenders calculate coverage differently for STRs. Here's exactly how it works and what you need to qualify.
STR expense ratios run 45–60% of gross revenue — far higher than long-term rentals. Here's every cost category, realistic ranges, and what to include in your investment model.
Underwriting an STR isn't guesswork. Here's the step-by-step framework professional investors use to evaluate whether a property pencils — before making an offer.
Tools and workflows
Product comparisons, templates, and workflow shortcuts for investors building a faster screening process.
3 articlesAirDNA gives you market data. Mashvisor estimates revenue. Underwrite tells you whether to buy. Here is the honest 3-way comparison.
AirDNA shows you what a market looks like. Underwrite tells you whether to buy. Here's the honest comparison every short-term rental investor should read before choosing tools.
Rabbu's free calculator is a useful starting point. But when you need to make an actual buy decision — and defend it to a lender — you need more than a revenue estimate.
Strategy and markets
Market selection, due diligence, tax positioning, and portfolio strategy questions that matter before you close.
5 articlesSkip one of these and you could buy a property that never cash-flows. Here is the complete STR due diligence checklist every investor should run before closing.
AirDNA calls 2026 the best year to invest since 2021. But what does the data actually mean for your deal? We break down the macro trends, the risks, and the metrics that separate a good STR investment from a bad one.
The STR tax loophole lets qualifying short-term rental owners deduct accelerated depreciation against W-2 income. Here's exactly how it works, who qualifies, and what your CPA needs from you.
Not all STR markets are created equal in 2026. Here's how to evaluate markets using real data — occupancy trends, regulatory risk, supply growth, and return benchmarks — rather than hype.
Everything you need to know before buying your first Airbnb property — from market selection to underwriting a deal.
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