How much can I make on booking platforms?

Did you know short-term rentals earn up to three times more than traditional long-term rentals? Rentalizer™ uses data from over 10 million Airbnb and Vrbo listings to accurately predict earning potential for any property in the world.

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Until now, knowing how much a vacation rental could earn was a guessing game. You know they’re profitable, but how profitable? At what point is a short-term rental a good investment?

Meet Rentalizer™, the vacation rental industry’s #1 short-term rental profit calculator. Enter any address in the world and we'll share a custom projection for:

A competitive analysis of other rentals in your neighborhood

Rentalizer is the world’s #1 short-term rental calculator

When you enter an address, Rentalizer compiles a list of nearby properties and creates an index based on relevance. The more similar a property, the more weight it has on our calculation. This makes for a higher confidence score, which measures the preciseness of our projections to your property. When you create custom comps with listings similar to yours, you can increase the confidence score. It also factors in market-wide vacation rental metrics such as seasonality, rental demand, and revenue growth.


Our short-term rental estimator makes extremely accurate assumptions on the earning potential for any address, anywhere in the world. As a result, you know how much a property could earn if listed as a full-time short-term rental.

How does the short-term rental calculator work?

Whether you’re researching your first short-term rental or looking to expand your portfolio, Rentalizer™ is here to help you identify the most profitable property. With the confidence score feature, you can be assured of the projections’ accuracy. Here are some uses for our short-term rental calculator:

First-time hosts wondering, “Is short-term renting profitable?”

Second-home owners consider whether short-term renting is worth it.

Investors and property managers gauging the value of a new acquisition and estimating short-term rental revenue.

Real estate agents advising buyers on the short-term rental income potential of an investment property.

Arbitrage investors analyzing the profit margin between long-term rents and short-term returns.

Start by entering any address worldwide to analyze its short-term rental potential.

We'll show you how much you can trust the projection based on the quality of available comp data.

Choose to use our AI-generated comp set or build your own from similar properties.

Fine-tune operating costs and startup expenses to calculate true ROI potential.

Monitor how market conditions affect your property's earning potential with savable, refreshable reports.

Our upgraded short-term rental calculator takes the guesswork out of revenue projections by giving you more control and transparency at every step.

Rentalizer puts more analytical power in your hands with features designed to make short-term rental investment clearer and more precise. See how each feature helps you move from guesswork to confidence.

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Not all short-term rental revenue estimates are created equal. That's why we've introduced our Confidence Score—your data reliability gauge that shows exactly how accurate your revenue projections are.

The number of similar properties in your area

How closely these properties match your specific listing attributes

With high-confidence projections, you can make investment decisions with greater certainty. When confidence is lower, you'll know when to dig deeper before taking action.

Every property is unique—and now the comp set that forms the basis of Rentalizer calculations can be too. Take control of your revenue projections with custom-selected properties that truly reflect your listing's potential.

Hand-pick comparable properties that match your vision.

Create specialized comp sets for different property types.

Choose from a map view to focus on specific neighborhoods.

Save your custom comp sets for future calculations.

Whether you're comparing beachfront condos or mountain cabins with hot tubs, you decide which properties should inform your earning potential.

Revenue is just one piece of the investment puzzle. Our enhanced Rentalizer now includes a comprehensive financial calculator that turns revenue projections into actual profit forecasts.

Customize every aspect of your investment analysis:

Operating costs: Set your management fees, taxes, and maintenance.

Recurring expenses: Add cleaning fees, insurance, utilities, and HOA dues.

Startup investment: Account for furnishings, improvements, and closing costs.

The result? A crystal-clear view of your potential net operating income and cap rate—the metrics that truly determine a good investment.

Markets change—and so does your property's earning potential. Stay ahead of the curve by saving your Rentalizer reports and watching how projections evolve.

Save multiple property reports in your dashboard.

Refresh data with one click for the most current projections.

Compare historical estimates to spot market trends.

Make data-backed decisions about when to adjust your strategy.

Whether you're considering a purchase or optimizing your existing portfolio, tracking potential over time gives you the edge in a competitive market.

Track your property's potential over time

We've streamlined the Rentalizer experience to put powerful insights at your fingertips. Access the short-term rental calculator directly from your dashboard navigation—no more hunting around or complex search processes.

Quick access from the main navigation menu.

Intuitive workflow from address entry to detailed reports.

Seamless integration with your saved properties and comp sets.

Mobile-friendly design for insights on the go.

Time is money and when you're making investment decisions, every minute counts.

We believe the best way to figure out how much you can make on short-term rental booking platforms is by looking at what existing, nearby short-term rentals actually make every year. The Rentalizer short-term rental calculator lets you select comparable properties that truly match your listing's attributes. You can customize relevant details—like the number of bedrooms, bathrooms, and occupants - to see what nearby homes with that configuration make every year, plus their occupancy rates. Our confidence score shows you exactly how reliable these projections are. Add in more details like estimated fees, insurance, utilities, and setup costs to get a projected Cap Rate percentage.  Finally, create custom comps of similar properties to boost the confidence score, which is the ultimate measure of projection accuracy. Customization is key for the best results. Together, this gives you an accurate prediction of the annual revenue you can make with a short-term rental.

How much can I make on short-term rental booking platforms?

Investing in a vacation rental has many benefits - from additional income to having a vacation getaway for your family. But making the right investment is key if you expect it to be profitable. Before you go under contract, check the projected revenue potential of your dream property with Rentalizer. Our comprehensive financial calculator helps you customize every aspect of your investment analysis - from operating costs to startup expenses - giving you a crystal-clear view of your potential net operating income and cap rate.

Is investing in a vacation rental worth it?

We put a lot of thought into making Rentalizer the most accurate short-term rental calculator out there. When you enter an address, you can review your confidence score to understand data reliability, then customize your comp set by hand-picking properties that truly reflect your listing's potential. Our comprehensive financial calculator turns revenue projections into actual profit forecasts by factoring in your specific expenses. You can save reports and track how your property's potential changes over time. This page details how it all works and what type of insights you'll get. Better yet - see it in action for yourself by trying Rentalizer for free!

How does AirDNA's Rentalizer short-term rental calculator work?

Have a specific property in mind? Plug the address into the Rentalizer short-term rental calculator, make sure the number of bedrooms, bathrooms, and guests is correct, and either use our AI-generated comp set or build your own from similar properties. Adjust your operating and setup costs to see what that particular property could make if you list it full time. Then, create a custom comp set of similar properties. The more similar the properties are to yours, the higher your confidence score. You can save your report and refresh it later to track how market conditions affect your property's earning potential over time. We base our projections on the real market performance of similar nearby listings to be as accurate as possible.

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