Calculator: short-term vs. traditional rental in Mexico City

What it estimates—and what it does not

This calculator compares gross monthly traditional rent with the estimated short-term rental contribution after the management commission, platform fee, and the operating costs you enter. It calculates both yields dynamically and shows the breakdown instead of hiding costs inside a number labeled “net.”

Its limits, stated plainly: this is an estimate, not an income promise. It does not know your building, seasonality, taxes, insurance, tax treatment, or the full cost of furnishing the apartment. The result is expressly pre-tax and must be validated against comparable properties, building rules, and your property's documents.

How to read the result

Start with the monthly difference, not the yield. If the difference is positive but small—say, less than $5,000 a month—the short-term rental is paying you little for considerably more work, turnover, and wear. The number needs to compensate for operating risk, not barely match it.

The break-even nightly rate is the most useful figure on the screen: it incorporates the platform fee, commission, and all declared monthly costs to calculate the nightly price that would match gross traditional rent. Compare it with genuinely equivalent apartments. If it is above the market, the answer may be no.

Booked nights are the assumption most people inflate. Fifteen nights per month is this tool's starting point, not a forecast. Test lower and higher scenarios: if the case works only at perfect occupancy, it is not robust.

The annualized yield uses the property's value and helps compare it with other options in your portfolio; it is not a full-year forecast. It multiplies one month by twelve and assumes flat seasonality, which Mexico City does not have.