Is occupancy a forecast?

No. Occupancy is an assumption you supply for scenario analysis.

Are platform fees included automatically?

No. Add host fees, cleaning, and management inside annual operating expenses when known.

Can I model a mortgage here?

Only by including debt service inside expenses or by using the property investment ROI calculator with explicit debt service.

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Short-Term Rental ROI Scenario Calculator

Stress-test ADR and occupancy assumptions without pretending to predict future bookings.

Booked nights

Annual revenue and NOI

Cash-on-cash scenario

Converts occupancy percent into booked nights over 365 days, multiplies by ADR for revenue, subtracts expenses, and computes cash-on-cash ROI.

Limitation: Educational scenario only—not a booking forecast, platform quote, or investment advice.

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CurrencyCash investedAverage daily rate (ADR)Assumed average nightly revenue before operating expenses.Occupancy (%)Share of 365 nights assumed booked.Annual operating expensesCleaning, platform fees, utilities, insurance, management, and other known costs.

How to Model Short-Term Rental ROI

Enter cash invested and a consistent ADR, occupancy, and expense scenario.

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This is not a booking forecast

Occupancy and ADR are your assumptions. Run optimistic and conservative scenarios instead of relying on one number.

What the Airbnb ROI Result Means

Booked nights scale occupancy across 365 days. Revenue multiplies ADR by those nights. NOI subtracts the expenses you enter. Cash-on-cash divides NOI by cash invested and is undefined when cash invested is zero. The model does not include mortgage debt service unless you fold it into expenses.

Short-Term Rental Examples

Sixty percent occupancy

Entered ADR and occupancy

cashInvested:100000

averageDailyRate:150

occupancyPercent:60

annualOperatingExpenses:12000

Revenue and ROI

219 nights; 32,850 revenue; 20,850 NOI; 20.85% ROI

365 × 0.60 = 219 nights; 150 × 219 = 32,850; after 12,000 expenses, NOI/100,000 = 20.85%.

Fifty percent occupancy

Entered ADR and occupancy

cashInvested:80000

averageDailyRate:100

occupancyPercent:50

annualOperatingExpenses:8000

Revenue and ROI

182.5 nights; 18,250 revenue; 10,250 NOI; 12.81% ROI

365 × 0.50 = 182.5; 100 × 182.5 = 18,250; NOI = 10,250; 10,250/80,000 = 12.81%.

Test lower occupancy

Reduce occupancy or ADR to see whether NOI still covers your cash-invested target before acting on a scenario.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. It has no booking integration and uses only amounts you enter.

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Short-Term Rental ROI Formulas

No platform calendar, market ADR feed, or occupancy database is used.

Formula

365 × occupancyPercent ÷ 100

Booked nights

365 × occupancyPercent ÷ 100

Annual revenue

averageDailyRate × bookedNights

Net operating income

annualRevenue − annualOperatingExpenses

Cash-on-cash ROI

NOI ÷ cashInvested × 100

Scientific Background

Assumptions: constant ADR, occupancy applied uniformly over 365 days, and expenses entered by the user. Limitations: seasonality, minimum stays, cleaning gaps, local rules, and financing are not modeled. Educational context: Investor.gov real estate basics.

Sources & review

Airbnb ROI Calculator documents the references behind its formulas and assumptions. Always treat results as educational estimates, not personalized professional advice.

Last reviewed

July 22, 2026

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