How do I estimate Airbnb revenue for an address with AI? (BNBCalc MCP)

How do I ask for a revenue estimate?

Once the BNBCalc MCP server is connected, just ask. The two details it needs are where the property is and how many bedrooms it has:

What would a 3 bedroom house at 123 Main St, Austin, TX 78704 earn per year on Airbnb?

The location can be a full address, a ZIP code or a city, although a ZIP code or city is estimated from the comps around its centre, so for a big city the figure reflects the central area. A studio counts as 0 bedrooms. Your assistant gets the price first, $0.10, and BNBCalc tells it to check with you before it runs the estimate. If BNBCalc can't find enough comparable listings nearby, the answer says so and the call isn't charged.

What does the estimate include?

The answer comes from the same comparable listings BNBCalc uses when it creates an analysis, so it includes:

Why are there two revenue figures?

The main estimate is a full-time figure: what the home could earn if it were open for bookings every night of the year. Plenty of nearby listings aren't, because their owners block nights for themselves or only rent in season, so what they actually earned is usually lower, sometimes by a wide margin.

So think about which question you're asking. If you'd run the home as a full-time rental, the full-time figure is the one to plan around, but if you'd block weeks for yourself, the realized figure is closer to what you'd see.

How do I see the comps behind the estimate?

To see the comps, ask for them:

Show me the comparable Airbnb listings behind that estimate, with each one's revenue, nightly rate, occupancy and link.

A comps search like that costs $0.10 and returns up to 50 nearby listings, each with its revenue, revenue potential, nightly rate, occupancy, rating and link. It includes homes with one bedroom more or fewer than yours, so check the bedroom counts before you treat a comp as a match.

Is the MCP estimate the same as the BNBCalc app's?

It starts from the same comps, but the figure can differ. The MCP server returns BNBCalc's starting estimate, the same one the BNBCalc API returns, while the app opens an analysis on its Select comps estimate, the median of the top-earning half of the comps. So the app's figure for the same address can come in higher.

If you want the whole picture, cash flow and returns included, run a full analysis instead.

Does it work outside the US?

Not for revenue estimates, unfortunately. The estimate only uses listings priced in US dollars, so outside the US it'll usually say there aren't enough comps, although you can view a US estimate in euros, pounds or Canadian dollars. Comps searches do work in markets priced in euros, pounds, or Canadian, Australian or New Zealand dollars or Swiss francs, as long as you name that currency, since they only return listings priced in it. Property details, long-term rent estimates, Section 8 rents, the tax calculator and AI comps are US-only.