Short-Term Rental Acquisition Model + AI Skill

This investor-focused, fully dynamic tool is specifically designed to underwrite, evaluate, and monitor short-term rental (STR) investments. Whether analyzing a single vacation home or a diversified portfolio of urban rentals, the model offers a transparent and flexible framework for projecting cash flows, modeling returns, and testing key assumptions under varying scenarios.

The model is currently in beta and likely contains errors. Reach out to let us know how we can improve the model.

Tailored for investors repositioning undervalued multifamily or single-unit properties into premium Airbnb-style accommodations, with a clearly defined exit at stabilization. It equips users with the analytical precision needed to structure deals, assess financial feasibility, and make confident, data-driven decisions in the fast-moving STR space. Now includes an AI Skill that teaches Claude and other AI assistants how to operate the model on your behalf — triaging your role as acquirer, LP, lender, or broker, populating occupancy and ADR inputs conversationally, and interpreting returns and credit metrics in the language of your investment decision. (View description of model | View description of AI Skill)

Note: Compatible with Microsoft Excel 2013 and newer. AI Skill works with Claude (including Claude in Excel) and is portable to other capable AI assistants. Skill bundle includes a clean copy of the model — no upload needed to get started.

To make this tool accessible to everyone, it is offered on a “Pay What You’re Able” basis with no minimum (choose ‘Free’ if you need) or maximum (your paid support helps keep the content coming – typical real estate Excel tools sell for $100 – $300+ per license).

Instructions: 1) set a price, 2) tell us where (email address) to send the model, 3) enter payment details (if applicable), and then 4) click ‘Proceed with Download’. The system will send you a download link, as well as add the file to your ‘My Downloads’ page.