98% of what we screen gets killed
Over 1,000 listings reviewed a week, underwritten against hand-picked comparables. You see the few that survive, with the full model attached.
Comparison
BNB Accelerator vs Doing It Yourself
Quick verdict
BNB Accelerator does the acquisition for you in roughly 45 days. Doing it yourself costs no fee and roughly 150 to 300 hours, and it puts the three expensive mistakes — regulation, revenue assumptions and management structure — on your side of the table.
Side by side
The short version
| Feature | BNB Accelerator | Doing It Yourself |
|---|---|---|
| Approach | Done-for-you acquisition, start to live listing | You are the service |
| Pricing Model | One flat engagement fee, paid by you | No fee. 150-300 hours instead |
| Markets Covered | 8 states: FL, TN, AZ, OK, PA, TX, CO, MO | Whatever you can research alone |
| Deal Support | Sourcing, underwriting, negotiation, closing | You source, model, negotiate and coordinate |
| Tax Strategy | Designed in, with AE Tax Advisors | Find your own CPA, usually in April |
| Track Record | 500+ homes closed since 2021 | Your first deal |
| Hands-On vs Course | Hands-on service. Roughly 10-20 hours from you | Fully hands-on. 4-8 months typical |
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What is different
Why buyers choose us
About 45 days to a live listing
We buy homes that already exist, so the timeline runs on closing and furnishing rather than on permits, contractors and a placed-in-service date that can slip.
The tax outcome drives the purchase
Price point, closing date and management structure are set against what the deduction needs to do, with AE Tax Advisors handling the tax work as an independent firm.
Client results
Two real closings
Valerie
2025- Purchase price$995,000
- Total entry cost$278,736
- Annual cash flow$60,987
- Cash-on-cash return24.32%
Dustin
- Purchase price$1,600,000
- Total entry cost$363,890
- Annual cash flow$58,244
- Cash-on-cash return23.23%
Across the 25 deals we publish with full financials, the average cash-on-cash return is 13.3% and the median is 14.1%. Individual results are not typical or promised. See all 25 deals.
Questions buyers ask
How many hours does it take to buy a short-term rental yourself?
From a standing start to a live listing, a first independent purchase typically consumes 150 to 300 hours across market research, regulation verification, deal screening, underwriting, tours, negotiation, transaction coordination, furnishing, and listing launch. Elapsed time is commonly four to eight months.
Is a done-for-you acquisition service worth the fee?
It depends on whether your constraint is time or capital. The strongest argument is not the hours saved but the variance avoided: a single bad purchase, such as one blocked by an HOA rental cap or built on peak season revenue projections, costs far more than the fee on several good ones.
When should I buy a short-term rental on my own?
When you have the hours available and want the skill permanently, when you already know the market deeply, when the service fee would meaningfully change whether the deal closes, or when you genuinely enjoy deal analysis.
What do independent buyers get wrong most often?
The four recurring failures are missing an HOA rental cap buried in the covenants, missing pending municipal permit restrictions, annualizing peak season revenue, and ignoring average stay length, which can break the seven day test the short-term rental tax position depends on.
How much can I realistically save by doing it myself?
You save the engagement fee, and you spend the hours. The honest accounting is that DIY is cheaper in cash and more expensive in risk on a first purchase, because the three failure modes that matter most, regulation, revenue assumptions, and management structure, are all things experience protects against. On a second or third purchase, once you have made those mistakes or avoided them, DIY economics improve considerably.
How long does it take to buy a short-term rental yourself?
Three to six months is typical from decision to first booking, and most of that time is not closing. It goes to sourcing: analysing markets, running comparables, losing offers, and re-underwriting properties that do not pencil. Buyers frequently underestimate this because they budget for the transaction and not for the twenty properties they will reject before finding one worth an offer.
What should I outsource if I do it myself?
Two things, even on a determined DIY purchase. First, the parcel-level regulatory review, which a local land-use attorney will do for a few hundred dollars and which protects against the single most expensive failure mode. Second, the tax structuring conversation with a CPA who works in short-term rentals specifically, held before you sign a management agreement rather than after. Those two purchases cost a fraction of an acquisition engagement and remove most of the catastrophic downside.
Ready to see the difference?
Thirty minutes on the phone covers your income, your tax position, and whether a property in one of our markets actually fits what you are trying to do.