Short-term Rental Analyzer: Airbnb vs Long-term Rent
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Short-term Rental Analyzer: Airbnb vs Long-term Rent
Turns Airbnb scraper results into nightly-rate market reports and, for homes for sale, the occupancy needed for Airbnb to beat long-term rent. Pairs with Zillow, Realtor.com and Redfin scrapers.
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Should this house be an Airbnb or a regular rental? This actor reads Airbnb scraper results and answers it with numbers you can check:
- Market report: nightly rates by bedroom count (median, 25th and 75th percentile), the price premium of top-rated listings, superhost share, and how much of the market belongs to hosts with several listings.
- Home-by-home comparison (when you add homes for sale from a Zillow, Realtor.com or Redfin scraper): comparable Airbnb rates nearby, the break-even occupancy (how many nights a year it must be booked to beat long-term rent), and revenue at the occupancy you choose.
Why break-even occupancy
Airbnb search data has prices but no booking calendar, so nobody can read real occupancy from it. Instead of guessing, this actor tells you what occupancy the home needs:
break-even nights = long-term rent per year / (conservative nightly rate x (1 - extra Airbnb costs))
- Conservative nightly rate: the 25th percentile of comparable Airbnb homes (same bedrooms, nearby, at least 3 reviews)
- Extra Airbnb costs: cleaning, supplies, platform fees and management, 35% of revenue by default (you can change it)
- Long-term rent: Zillow's rent estimate for the home
If the break-even is 20% (73 nights a year), Airbnb is an easy win. If it is 70%, a regular tenant is probably the safer bet.
Example
Sacramento, 100 Airbnb listings (weekend in November) and 125 homes for sale from Zillow:
| Segment | Listings | Median nightly | 25th to 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom entire home | 17 | $154 | $126 to $192 |
| 2 bedroom entire home | 9 | $205 | $200 to $551 |
| 3 bedroom entire home | 10 | $479 | $360 to $770 |
| 4 bedroom entire home | 31 | $875 | $564 to $1,215 |
| Private room | 15 | $73 | $68 to $96 |
For the homes for sale, the median break-even occupancy was 49%. The easiest was a 4-bedroom house listed at $389,000: comparable Airbnb homes start around $688 a night, Zillow's rent estimate is $29,592 a year, so it beats long-term rent at 66 booked nights a year (18% occupancy), after 35% extra costs.
A weekday sample of the same area came out only about 7% cheaper than the weekend one (median of 21 listings found in both).
How to use it
- Run Airbnb Scraper for your area with check-in and check-out dates (otherwise there are no prices). A weekday and a weekend run together give a fairer rate; listings found in both are counted once.
- Optional: run a Zillow, Realtor.com or Redfin scraper for homes for sale in the same area (see the Real Estate Deal Finder for the supported scrapers).
- Open this actor and pick those datasets.
Good to know
- Comparables match on bedrooms and distance only, not condition, pool or view. Large Airbnb homes are often upscale, so compare the listing photos too.
- Multi-unit buildings, mobile homes and land are skipped in the home comparison (one rent estimate does not describe a whole building).
- Local short-term rental rules (permits, owner-occupancy, night caps) can decide the answer. Check them before buying.
- This is a first filter, not an underwriting or financial advice.
Pricing
You pay per output row (one per home, or one per market segment). Run it with no input for a free demo on the Sacramento sample.
Made by KodaBloom LLC. Questions: info@kodabloom.com
