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  "name": "How do you calculate potential Airbnb income before buying a property?",
  "description": "Multiply comparable ADR by occupancy to get monthly room revenue, then subtract platform fees (~6%), turnover costs, and fixed expenses. A property with a $185 ADR at 62% occupancy grosses about $3,440/month and nets roughly $1,400–1,900 after full costs.",
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  "dateModified": "2026-08-29",
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    "name": "RevenueLab",
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    "Airbnb Revenue Calculator",
    "Airbnb Occupancy Rate Calculator",
    "RevPAR Calculator"
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    "question": "How do you calculate potential Airbnb income before buying a property?",
    "shortAnswer": "Multiply comparable ADR by occupancy to get monthly room revenue, then subtract platform fees (~6%), turnover costs, and fixed expenses. A property with a $185 ADR at 62% occupancy grosses about $3,440/month and nets roughly $1,400–1,900 after full costs.",
    "tableTitle": "Worked example: $185 ADR, 62% occupancy, 3-night average stay",
    "columns": [
      "Line item",
      "Monthly amount",
      "How it's computed"
    ],
    "rows": [
      {
        "label": "Room revenue",
        "value": "$3,443",
        "note": "$185 × 18.6 booked nights"
      },
      {
        "label": "Cleaning fees collected",
        "value": "+$589",
        "note": "6.2 stays × $95 fee"
      },
      {
        "label": "Platform + channel fees",
        "value": "−$242",
        "note": "6% of gross"
      },
      {
        "label": "Turnover labor",
        "value": "−$465",
        "note": "6.2 stays × $75 cost"
      },
      {
        "label": "Fixed expenses",
        "value": "−$1,650",
        "note": "Mortgage/rent, utilities, supplies, software"
      },
      {
        "label": "Net operating income",
        "value": "$1,675",
        "note": "≈ $20,100/year before tax"
      }
    ],
    "context": "The two inputs that decide everything — ADR and occupancy — must come from comparable listings, not the seller's pro forma. Pull 8–12 true comps (same bedroom count, similar quality tier, within a half-mile) from AirDNA or Rabbu and use their median, not the top performer. Then stress-test: rerun the numbers at 15% lower occupancy and a forced mid-term-rental scenario, because regulation changes are the most common way STR deals go bad.",
    "methodology": "Figures use RevenueLab's short-term-rental cashflow model: net = (ADR × booked nights + cleaning fees) × (1 − platform fees) − turnover labor − fixed costs. Default fee, cost, and expense values reflect 2026 US medians reported by hosts; every input is editable in the linked calculator.",
    "dateModified": "2026-08-29",
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      {
        "label": "Airbnb Revenue Calculator",
        "to": "/airbnb-revenue-calculator"
      },
      {
        "label": "Airbnb Occupancy Rate Calculator",
        "to": "/airbnb-occupancy-rate-calculator"
      },
      {
        "label": "RevPAR Calculator",
        "to": "/revpar-calculator"
      }
    ],
    "relatedReading": [
      {
        "label": "Airbnb host earnings report 2026",
        "to": "/blog/airbnb-host-earnings-2026"
      },
      {
        "label": "Airbnb vs long-term rental",
        "to": "/vs/airbnb-vs-long-term-rental"
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