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New Mexico Short-Term Rental Revenue Calculator

Estimate your Airbnb or VRBO revenue using New Mexico market data. Property tax, insurance, and vacancy defaults are pre-filled with current New Mexico averages. Cash-on-cash return separates a profitable STR from an expensive hobby.

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Revenue Assumptions

Investment & Financing

Operating Expenses(New Mexico defaults)

Total Annual Operating Expenses$28,279

New Mexico Market Context

Avg Cap Rate

6.2%

Median Price

$357K

Property Tax

0.61%

Vacancy Rate

6.6%

Local Factors

  • -Albuquerque and Santa Fe are the primary rental markets with different investor profiles
  • -National labs (Los Alamos, Sandia) provide stable high-income renter base
  • -Low property taxes keep holding costs manageable

How to Analyze a Short-Term Rental

Nightly rate × occupancy determines your top line, but the real story is in what's left after expenses. STRs carry higher operating costs than long-term rentals — cleaning, furnishing, platform fees, utilities, and guest supplies all eat into revenue.

RevPAN (Revenue Per Available Night) accounts for vacancy — it's your gross revenue divided by 365. This metric lets you compare properties regardless of how they're marketed or how stay lengths differ.

Management costs are the biggest variable. Self-managing saves 20–30% but costs you time. Full-service STR management typically runs 20–25% of gross revenue. Factor in your time honestly.

Always stress-test with lower occupancy — markets shift, regulations change, and new supply comes online. A deal that only works at 80% occupancy is a deal that's one bad season from going underwater.

Annual Cash Flow

$-20,736

Negative

Cash-on-Cash Return

-24.0%

Gross Revenue$30,345
Rental Income$17,595
Cleaning Fee Income$12,750
Operating Expenses$28,279
NOI$2,066
Annual Debt Service$22,801
Monthly Mortgage$1,900
RevPAN$83/night
Monthly Cash Flow$-1,728
Total Cash Invested$86,400
CASH FLOW$-20,736
Cash Flow$0
Mortgage$22,801
Management$6,069
Cleaning$8,500
Platform Fees$910
Property Tax$2,178
Insurance$2,222
Utilities$3,600
Maintenance$3,000
Supplies & Other$1,800

What does this mean?

This STR is losing money at these numbers. Either the nightly rate needs to increase, occupancy needs to improve, or expenses need to come down. Many hosts underestimate cleaning, furnishing, and platform fees.

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