Rental yield calculator
What a Medellín property cashflows month-to-month — Airbnb-style or a quiet long-term lease — after expenses.
- Gross yield
- 8.0%
- Monthly cashflow
- $1,272
- Annual gross
- $22,464
- Annual net
- $15,264
For Airbnb-style plays, occupancy under 65% means the building or the listing isn’t tuned. We can tell you which it is.
Net yield is the only number that matters.
Listings advertise gross yield because it's bigger. But you don't pay HOA, property tax, management, or vacancy out of gross — you pay them out of net. That's the cashflow you'll actually see.
The occupancy slider is the most sensitive variable here. Move it from 80% to 60% and a great property turns into a break-even property. Be honest with yourself about what the building will actually do.
When the numbers tend to hold
- Long-term lease (occupancy = 100%) in Laureles or Envigado — predictable, low management overhead.
- Furnished short-term rental in El Poblado / Provenza — high gross, but you need a real cleaning + management team.
- Building has been Airbnb-friendly for 12+ months (regulations and HOA rules can change).
When you're being optimistic
- Airbnb at 80%+ occupancy in a 50-unit building — that level of demand isn't sustainable across many similar listings.
- Excluding management fees because 'I'll do it myself' — you won't, and if you do, your time is the expense you're hiding.
- Counting on regulatory stability — Medellín's short-term rental rules have shifted twice in the past five years.
The questions we get most.
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From the journal
El Poblado vs. Laureles en 2026: ¿cuál es para ti?
Ambos barrios se simplifican demasiado en internet. Después de ocho años mostrando propiedades en los dos, esta es la comparación que sí te sirve.
Cómo los compradores extranjeros realmente financian propiedad en Medellín en 2026
El financiamiento transfronterizo cambió. Este es el menú real de opciones — y lo que los bancos no dicen en voz alta.
Cinco proyectos de preventa que vale la pena seguir este trimestre
El precio directo del constructor no siempre es la ganga que parece. Estos son los proyectos donde la matemática realmente funciona.
What pairs with this.
Talk to someone who’s run this math 1,000 times.
Bring the numbers from above. We’ll tell you which assumptions are tight and which are wishful, and where the deal actually lives.