Free tool for owners
What Could Your Villages Home Earn?
Built on real nightly rates from homes we actually manage, with our management fee already taken off — so the number you see is what would reach you, not a gross figure that flatters us.
Estimated annual income to you, after our 15% management fee
$24,066 – $26,245
About 201 booked nights a year at 55% occupancy.
| Season | Nightly | Nights | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peak seasonJanuary – March | $273–$279 | 50 | $13,514–$13,811 |
| Shoulder seasonNovember – December, April | $140–$159 | 50 | $7,007–$7,958 |
| Off seasonMay – October | $77–$90 | 101 | $7,792–$9,108 |
How this is calculated, and what it leaves out. Nightly rates are real quotes from our own calendar as of 12 August 2026 for a 3-bedroom sleeping six; the 2-bedroom figure is scaled from those and is indicative rather than measured. The $160 cleaning fee is charged to the guest and paid to the cleaner, so it is excluded — it is not your income. Our 15% is already deducted. Not deducted: utilities, supplies, maintenance, insurance, taxes or your own mortgage. Occupancy is whatever you set above, and it is the number that moves this figure most — we have not picked a flattering default for you. This is an estimate to think with, not a projection. Send us the address and we will give you a real one.
Occupancy is the number that matters
Owners tend to focus on nightly rate. In practice the rate is set by the market and the season — you have limited influence over it. Occupancy is where the money is won or lost, and it is driven by things you can control: how the home photographs, whether it has a golf cart, how aggressive the minimum stays are, and how fast enquiries get answered.
The other honest point: if you block January through March for your own use, that is entirely reasonable — but it removes the three months that carry the year. Set occupancy in the tool to reflect what you would genuinely release, not the theoretical maximum.
More detail in what your Villages home can earn, and if you are weighing doing it yourself, self-managing vs a property manager is the honest version. How we actually run a home is on how we manage.
Owner questions
What can my home in The Villages earn as a rental?
It depends far more on occupancy than on nightly rate. Using real quotes from our own calendar as of 12 August 2026, a 3-bedroom sleeping six rents for roughly $273–279 a night in peak season and $77–90 in the summer. Multiply that across a realistic year and take off management, and the estimator above gives you a range you can actually reason with.
Why does the estimator ask me to set occupancy?
Because it is the number that moves the answer most, and picking a flattering default for you would make the tool useless. Occupancy depends on your calendar, your minimum stays, whether you block the peak months for your own use, and how the home shows in photographs.
What is not included?
Utilities, supplies, maintenance, insurance, property taxes and any mortgage. The cleaning fee is also excluded because it is charged to the guest and paid to the cleaner — it is not your income. Our 15% management fee IS already deducted from the figure shown.
Does a golf cart change what I can earn?
It helps, meaningfully. Guests searching for The Villages filter for a cart, and a home without one competes against a large number that have one. It also removes a $150–300 a month cost the guest would otherwise carry.
Why is your management fee 15% when others advertise 10%?
Because 10% generally buys software and a call centre. Ours pays for people in The Villages who physically inspect and photograph the home around every turnover — 559 documented inspections and 13,393 photographs since April 2026.
Want the real number for your address?
Send us the address and we will look at what comparable homes on your street actually achieve. If the numbers do not work we will tell you that too.
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