Buying a Port Austin Rental: Cite $16,525, Never Average

Jacob Mishalanie
16 hours ago
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Updated: 9 hours ago

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Most Port Austin listings get marketed as a generic Lake Huron stay. That pitch could describe a dozen other towns, and it wastes what actually sets Village of Port Austin, Huron County, Michigan apart. Guests who typed Port Austin are looking for Turnip Rock, Port Austin Reef Light, Lake Huron shoreline, downtown commons — not Caseville, and not Caseville. 46 active listings sit on this extract. Write the town you can actually walk. Keep the listing specific. A vague water caption loses the booking.

Typical listings here earned about $16,525 last year from 46 active rentals, AirROI trailing twelve months through July 2026. The average night was $281. Occupancy was 33.8 percent. Revenue per available night was $107. Year over year is minus 28.4 percent. Active supply moved 84.0 percent. Do not average in Caseville at $21,162 on 43 listings. That is a different town. Leave Caseville as a different market. Do not mix those towns. Treat this as a small sample, not a blended coast.

The three strongest months are August, July, and June. August is the busiest. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Michigan, then Juneau. Typical stay is 3.7 nights, booked about 80 days ahead. Call the village office at 989-738-5199. Village short-term rental license. Annual application fee $1000 on the village forms page. Township hall at 989-738-6808 is another municipality. Do not invent a fee beyond the published application. AirROI Low is a scrape Kirstyn holds still show up in this sample.

DSCR on Sixteen Thousand 525

That heading is the useful way to read Port Austin, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Turnip Rock. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Lake Huron caption. Do not write Caseville copy onto a Port Austin address. Do not use Caseville as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.

Read more in Port Austin Remote Stays and DIY vs Hire in Port Austin. Typical listings earned about $16,525 last year from 46 active rentals, at $281 a night and 33.8 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Michigan. Call the village office at 989-738-5199. Village short-term rental license. Annual application fee $1000 on the village forms page. Township hall at 989-738-6808 is another municipality. Do not invent a fee beyond the published application. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is minus 28.4 percent. Supply moved 84.0 percent. Keep Caseville ($21,162 a year) on its own line. A 41.3-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Turnip Rock. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Do Not Average Caseville Twenty-One Thousand 162

That heading is the useful way to read Port Austin, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Port Austin Reef Light. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Lake Huron caption. Do not write Caseville copy onto a Port Austin address. Do not use Caseville as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.

Read more in DIY vs Hire in Port Austin and Who Books a Port Austin Rental. Typical listings earned about $16,525 last year from 46 active rentals, at $281 a night and 33.8 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Michigan. Call the village office at 989-738-5199. Village short-term rental license. Annual application fee $1000 on the village forms page. Township hall at 989-738-6808 is another municipality. Do not invent a fee beyond the published application.

Year over year is minus 28.4 percent. Supply moved 84.0 percent. Keep Caseville ($21,162 a year) on its own line. A 41.3-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Port Austin Reef Light. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

City Versus Caseville Travels With the Parcel

That heading is the useful way to read Port Austin, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Lake Huron shoreline. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Lake Huron caption. Do not write Caseville copy onto a Port Austin address. Do not use Caseville as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.

Read more in Who Books a Port Austin Rental and Port Austin Tourism Data. Typical listings earned about $16,525 last year from 46 active rentals, at $281 a night and 33.8 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Michigan. Call the village office at 989-738-5199. Village short-term rental license. Annual application fee $1000 on the village forms page. Township hall at 989-738-6808 is another municipality. Do not invent a fee beyond the published application. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is minus 28.4 percent. Supply moved 84.0 percent. Keep Caseville ($21,162 a year) on its own line. A 41.3-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Lake Huron shoreline. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Year Over Year Is Minus Here

That heading is the useful way to read Port Austin, not a dashboard label. Guests come for downtown commons. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Lake Huron caption. Do not write Caseville copy onto a Port Austin address. Do not use Caseville as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.

Read more in Port Austin Tourism Data and Complete Visitor's Guide to Port Austin and Turnip Rock. Typical listings earned about $16,525 last year from 46 active rentals, at $281 a night and 33.8 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Michigan. Call the village office at 989-738-5199. Village short-term rental license. Annual application fee $1000 on the village forms page. Township hall at 989-738-6808 is another municipality. Do not invent a fee beyond the published application.

Year over year is minus 28.4 percent. Supply moved 84.0 percent. Keep Caseville ($21,162 a year) on its own line. A 41.3-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph downtown commons. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

46 Cards Grew 84 Percent

Read more in Complete Visitor's Guide to Port Austin and Turnip Rock and What It Costs to Start a Legal Port Austin STR Stay. Typical listings earned about $16,525 last year from 46 active rentals, at $281 a night and 33.8 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Michigan. Call the village office at 989-738-5199. Village short-term rental license. Annual application fee $1000 on the village forms page. Township hall at 989-738-6808 is another municipality.

Watch-Year Honesty Travels With the Deed

Read more in What It Costs to Start a Legal Port Austin STR Stay and Port Austin STR Report 2026. Typical listings earned about $16,525 last year from 46 active rentals, at $281 a night and 33.8 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Michigan. Call the village office at 989-738-5199. Village short-term rental license. Annual application fee $1000 on the village forms page. Township hall at 989-738-6808 is another municipality.

Year over year is minus 28.4 percent. Supply moved 84.0 percent. Keep Caseville ($21,162 a year) on its own line. A 41.3-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Port Austin Reef Light. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

License Travels With a New City Deed

Read more in Port Austin STR Report 2026 and Market a Port Austin Stay. Typical listings earned about $16,525 last year from 46 active rentals, at $281 a night and 33.8 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Michigan. Call the village office at 989-738-5199. Village short-term rental license. Annual application fee $1000 on the village forms page. Township hall at 989-738-6808 is another municipality. Do not invent a fee beyond the published application.

Year over year is minus 28.4 percent. Supply moved 84.0 percent. Keep Caseville ($21,162 a year) on its own line. A 41.3-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Lake Huron shoreline. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

What a Buyer Packet Should Carry

Read more in Market a Port Austin Stay and Port Austin STR Rules. Typical listings earned about $16,525 last year from 46 active rentals, at $281 a night and 33.8 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Michigan. Call the village office at 989-738-5199. Village short-term rental license. Annual application fee $1000 on the village forms page. Township hall at 989-738-6808 is another municipality. Do not invent a fee beyond the published application. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is minus 28.4 percent. Supply moved 84.0 percent. Keep Caseville ($21,162 a year) on its own line. A 41.3-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph downtown commons. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Frequently Asked Questions

What did a typical Port Austin short-term rental earn last year?

AirROI's extract for August 2025 through July 2026 lists a typical Port Austin listing earning about $16,525 across 46 active rentals, at an average night of $281 and 33.8 percent occupancy. Year over year that's down a notable 28.4 percent, a meaningful pullback worth weighing carefully in any purchase decision. This is a small, specific sample tied to Port Austin itself, not a blended Lake Huron figure.

Can Caseville's numbers be averaged into a Port Austin estimate?

No. Caseville posted about $21,162 from 43 listings on the same extract, and while both towns sit on Michigan's Thumb along Lake Huron, they're different markets with different guest bases and permitting desks. Cite Port Austin's own $16,525 figure from 46 listings, and confirm the specific parcel and municipality before advertising or underwriting a property.

Which months are strongest for Port Austin bookings?

August, July, and June are the three strongest months, with August as the peak, while January is the slowest. That shape fits a classic Great Lakes summer-cottage pattern, so a buyer should plan cash flow around a concentrated warm-weather season rather than year-round demand. Knowing that shape ahead of time helps set realistic pricing and staffing expectations instead of assuming even demand across all twelve months.

Where do most Port Austin guests come from?

Michigan is the top origin market, with a notable secondary draw from as far as Juneau, Alaska. Typical stays run about 3.7 nights and guests book roughly 80 days ahead, a longer lead time than many comparable markets, suggesting guests plan this Thumb-region getaway well in advance. Knowing that origin pattern is useful for deciding where to put advertising dollars and which regional details actually help a listing convert.

Does a low-regulation label mean Port Austin has no local permit?

No. That label reflects a scrape of active listings, not the actual rulebook. The Village of Port Austin requires a village short-term rental license with an annual application fee of $1,000 listed on the village forms page; the township hall, reachable separately at 989-738-6808, is a different jurisdiction, so confirm which one actually applies to a given parcel. Call the village office at 989-738-5199 to confirm current requirements.

Is a 30-night minimum the same thing as strong occupancy in Port Austin?

No. About 41.3 percent of Port Austin's active listings, roughly 19 of them, use a 30-night minimum stay setting. Typical stays still run about 3.7 nights, so that minimum-stay share reflects a platform filter rather than an accurate measure of actual guest demand. That distinction matters most when pricing a purchase off occupancy assumptions pulled from a platform filter instead of the market's actual booking pattern.

Is Caseville the same rental market as Port Austin?

No, and the two towns should stay on separate lines in any pitch or packet. Port Austin's typical listing earned $16,525 last year with January as its slowest month, while Caseville runs its own separate figures and, potentially, its own permitting jurisdiction. Confirm the village office's contact at 989-738-5199 before advertising a property as Port Austin specifically.

What should a buyer packet for a Port Austin property actually carry?

A solid packet cites the $16,525 typical-year figure from 46 listings, the $281 average night, 33.8 percent occupancy, and the notable 28.4 percent year-over-year decline. It should note August as the peak month and January as the slowest, the Michigan-then-Juneau guest origin, the roughly 3.7-night stay length, and the village office's contact information at 989-738-5199 for licensing confirmation, while keeping Caseville's $21,162 figure clearly labeled apart from Port Austin's own number.

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