The Numbers · Run Your Own
What could a treehouse actually return?
Set the two sliders that matter most and watch your cash flow respond.
Pick your build
Build floor only — furnishing & land not included.
US STR avg $247 · AirDNA 2025–26
US avg 48–55% · AirDNA 2025–26
Exact amount invested
Or pick a build tier above. Build floor only — furnishing & land not included.
Who runs it?
Full-service management ≈ 20–25% of revenue.
Operating costs
Cleaning, utilities, upkeep, insurance · typically 30–50% of revenue, before the platform fee
63 turnovers a year → $6,327 fills Cleaning & turnover below. Type over it any time.
Estimate. Adjust to your cleaner's rate.
Total operating costs: $21,027/yr (45% of revenue). Starting splits are a breakdown of the 45% benchmark — overwrite each with your real figures.
Using the 45% estimate from the slider above. Switch to Itemize to enter real dollar costs line by line.
Income & management
Cleaning fees you charge guests, pet fees, add-on experiences — anything beyond the nightly rate. Management fee applies only when "Manager" is selected above.
Financing
Loan terms are your own deal, so set them to your lender's quote. Return then shows true cash-on-cash on the cash you actually put in.
All-cash purchase. Switch to Financed to model a loan — debt service comes out of cash flow and return is measured against your down payment.
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The pro-forma · per year
- Rental revenue
- $46,881
- Other income
- $0
- Gross income
- $46,881
- Airbnb host fee (15.5%)
- −$7,266
- Operating costs
- −$21,096
- Management fee
- −$0
- Net operating income
- $18,518
- Debt service
- −$0
- Annual cash flow
- $18,518
Host fee: Airbnb's single service fee, 15.5% of nightly revenue for most US hosts, taken from the payout · airbnb.com/help/article/1857, checked 9 Oct 2026
Both figures are on cash in — build cost only. Land, furnishing and tax are excluded, so treat these as a build's return, not a property's.
Behind the gate
The full picture
Unlock the complete pro-forma: revenue, costs, cash-on-cash return, payback, and your 5-year projection. Plus a one-page STR build guide, sent to your inbox.
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Illustrative only — your assumptions, not a forecast. Talk to a licensed accountant before investing.
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