Rabbu alternative: net cash flow instead of gross yield

The most important difference is what the headline number means. Rabbu's calculator says its revenue figures are gross: they do not include cleaning fees, Airbnb's fees, other service fees or property management fees. Its marketplace cards show annual revenue and gross yield, and the gross yield filter sorts on that same figure.

Gross yield is a fair way to skim a lot of listings quickly, and Rabbu is upfront about what it is. The catch is that two properties with the same gross yield can have very different cash flow. A $550k cabin with 25% down carries a mortgage payment, property tax, insurance, utilities, maintenance, a platform fee and usually a manager. Those costs vary by listing and by loan, and gross yield ignores all of them.

STR Yield starts from the other end. Each listing is scored on NOI, cap rate, monthly cash flow, cash needed and cash-on-cash. The defaults are 25% down, 4% closing costs, a 30-year loan at the current Freddie Mac average plus a 0.75% investor premium, 20% management, a 3% platform fee, 5% maintenance and $350 a month in utilities. You can change the down payment, the loan term and cash versus mortgage in the feed. It is not unusual for a listing that looks good on gross yield to show negative monthly cash flow once those costs go in.

Rabbu's marketplace is broader than anything we offer. It lists Airbnbs for sale in all 50 states, had 3,292 results when we checked, and lets you filter by price, gross yield, property type and bedrooms. Its tags include Airbnb potential, turnkey, actual financials, active Airbnb, agent pick, transferable permit and future bookings. If you want a turnkey listing with real booking history, or you have not chosen a market yet, that is a real advantage.

STR Yield's feed is deliberately small: newly listed homes in Gatlinburg / Pigeon Forge, Hocking Hills, Blue Ridge / Ellijay, Big Bear and Redding. It runs every morning, covers homes up to $1.2M with at least two bedrooms, and drops listings whose descriptions say short-term rentals are not allowed. You can sort by return on equity, cash-on-cash, cap rate or year-1 write-off. Every listing also shows 10 nearby short-term rentals with links to the Airbnb or Vrbo listing.

If your target is outside those five markets, the feed will not help. The address analyzer still works for any US address (3 analyses without an account, 10 a day with a free one), so you can run a Rabbu listing through it to see net numbers. That is the most practical way to use the two together.

Rabbu does have alerts of a kind. Its newsletter promises curated active Airbnbs and STR-ready homes sent to your inbox, it says more than 120,000 investors get it, and the marketplace has a Save Search button. We could not see how saved searches behave behind the sign-in, and the newsletter's frequency is not stated on the page.

STR Yield's daily digest is a different kind of email. It holds up to 15 new deals since your last email, sorted by cash-on-cash, filtered to the markets, maximum price, minimum bedrooms, minimum cash-on-cash and tax bracket you set. Each deal arrives with its net numbers already worked out, and there is one-click unsubscribe. The trade-off is the same as above: it only covers our five markets.

Neither product is a tax advisor, but they treat the topic differently. We found no depreciation or cost segregation estimate in Rabbu's tools. Its homepage instead points to a cost segregation partner with a free estimate. STR Yield puts a year-1 write-off on every listing: a component-level cost segregation estimate with 100% bonus depreciation, plus tax savings at your bracket. It is federal only and it is an estimate, not a cost segregation study. Whether you can use the deduction depends on your circumstances, so run it past a CPA.

Rabbu's business model is worth understanding, and it is not a criticism. It earns from referrals: agents pay for leads, and buyers can be matched with an agent, a DSCR loan through a lender (its loan page mentions a 15% down DSCR loan qualified on the property's income), an insurance partner or a concierge buying service. It says its agents have helped investors acquire over $650M in STR properties. If you want that hand-holding, it is a strength.

STR Yield has no agents, lenders or concierge. It also has no PDF or spreadsheet export, no native mobile app, and no long-term rental, flip or BRRRR analysis. It launched in September 2026, so it has no third-party reviews yet.

Browse Rabbu to find candidates in any state, then paste the address into the STR Yield analyzer to see net cash flow, cash-on-cash, DSCR and a year-1 write-off estimate. If the property is in one of our five markets and was listed recently, it may already be in the feed, scored.