Property & approvals
Ask local professionals about title, permitted use, rental permissions, access, applicable building requirements and the approval path for your site.
The investor perspective / United States
A place of your own. An asset with possibility.
For landowners, private retreats and thoughtfully planned boutique vacation rentals. Begin with the property, then build an operating plan around the guest experience.
Discuss this marketDelivery & installation
Obtain a destination-specific landed quote covering freight, duties, port costs, inland transport, foundation suitability and installation scope.
Operating assumptions
Research comparable stays, seasonality, management costs, taxes and insurance for the exact location. No national rental rate or occupancy is asserted.
Your investment, explored
Make room for possibility.
United States / Hypothetical inputs, not verified local market estimates. Central America figures are illustrative regional assumptions, not estimates for every country. The example $200 nightly rate and 60% occupancy are illustrative only; adjust each market independently with property-specific research.
Your collection
Auto-estimated from cabin packages and allowances. Add all other project costs for a fuller picture.
365 available nights. Expense percentages and investment allowances are planning inputs, not quotes. Include management, cleaning, booking fees, utilities, maintenance, insurance, reserves and any property taxes you intend to model.
Illustrative annual operating income
$28,470
Gross revenue less modeled operating expenses. Not take-home profit or a promised return.
- Annual gross rental revenue
- $43,800
- Monthly average booking revenue
- $3,650
- Estimated annual operating expenses
- $15,330
- Project investment estimate
- $80,000
- Illustrative cash-on-cost
- 35.6% / year
- Simple payback
- 2.8 years
Excludes financing, income taxes and costs not specifically modeled. Other taxes are included only if reflected in your expense estimate. Cash-on-cost is not IRR; simple payback assumes stable income.
Discuss this scenarioOne cabin to a destination
Hypothetical comparison / same rental inputs
1 cabin
- Packages
- $55,000
- Allowances
- $25,000
- Scaled investment
- $80,000
- Gross / year
- $43,800
- Operating income / year
- $28,470
3 cabins
- Packages
- $165,000
- Allowances
- $75,000
- Scaled investment
- $240,000
- Gross / year
- $131,400
- Operating income / year
- $85,410
5 cabins
- Packages
- $275,000
- Allowances
- $125,000
- Scaled investment
- $400,000
- Gross / year
- $219,000
- Operating income / year
- $142,350
10 cabins
- Packages
- $550,000
- Allowances
- $250,000
- Scaled investment
- $800,000
- Gross / year
- $438,000
- Operating income / year
- $284,700
Comparisons scale the current total investment per cabin linearly. Shared infrastructure and amenities may not scale this way. Package and allowance figures are shown for context, not added again to your custom investment.
Hypothetical planning illustrations, not market-validated forecasts, rental guarantees or investment advice. Operating income is before financing, income tax, land purchase and major capital expenditure. Simple payback is not ROI or IRR. Default investment subtotals exclude land, permits, furnishings, shared amenities and other unquoted work. Your custom total should include every cost you want modeled. No rental income or return is guaranteed.