Buying a Salt Lake Rental: Cite $22,593, Keep Satellites Separate
- Jacob Mishalanie

- 14 hours ago
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Updated: 7 hours ago

Underwrite Salt Lake City at $22,593 on 1,800 listings. Do not underwrite Park City as this note. Year over year is minus 4.1 percent.
Typical Salt Lake City listings earned about $22,593 last year from 1,800 active rentals, AirROI trailing twelve months from August 2025 through July 2026. The average night was $177. Occupancy was 46.5 percent. Revenue per available night was $83. Year over year is minus 4.1 percent. Active supply moved plus 15.8 percent.
The three strongest city months are March, May, and February. March is the busiest. July is the slowest. Occupancy is weakest in July. Most guests arrive from Salt Lake City, then New York. Stay is 6.6 nights, booked about 42 days ahead. Call Salt Lake City Business Licensing at 801-535-7980. City Hall, 451 South State Street. The city's STR page requires a business license before advertising. A licensee may hold only one STR business license. Each license is one property and one dwelling unit. Stays must be at least two consecutive nights and no more than 200 nights per calendar year. Tribune reporting Aug 6, 2026 lists $198 plus $342 per unit. Confirm 2026 on the consolidated fee schedule. Licensing took effect July 1, 2026. AirROI's low-regulation label is a scrape of listings, not the town file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole.
DSCR Starts on Salt Lake City $22,593
DSCR starts on $22,593 on 1,800 listings. ADR $177. Occupancy 46.5 percent. RevPAR $83. This page does not invent a purchase price. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Wasatch Getaways is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Do not paste a satellite year into a city tile. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay. The city's STR page requires a business license before you advertise. South Salt Lake is not Sugar House. Park City is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay. The city's STR page requires a business license before you advertise. South Salt Lake is not Sugar House. Park City is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole.
Year Over Year Is Minus 4.1 Percent
Year over year is minus 4.1 percent. File the current extract. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. Market a Salt Lake Stay is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Do not paste a satellite year into a city tile. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay. The city's STR page requires a business license before you advertise. South Salt Lake is not Sugar House. Park City is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay. The city's STR page requires a business license before you advertise. South Salt Lake is not Sugar House. Park City is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole.
Supply Plus 15.8 Percent
Supply moved plus 15.8 percent. Watch this sample. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Salt Lake City STR Rules is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Do not paste a satellite year into a city tile. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay. The city's STR page requires a business license before you advertise. South Salt Lake is not Sugar House. Park City is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay. The city's STR page requires a business license before you advertise. South Salt Lake is not Sugar House. Park City is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay.
A Satellite Stay Is Not This City Note
A South Salt Lake or Park City stay is not this city note. South Salt Lake listings earned about $25,116 last year on the current AirROI extract. This pass did not print a South Salt Lake listing count. Keep that stay on its own line. This pass did not mint a Park City year. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay. Salt Lake Shoulder is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Do not paste a satellite year into a city tile. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay. The city's STR page requires a business license before you advertise. South Salt Lake is not Sugar House. Park City is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay. The city's STR page requires a business license before you advertise. South Salt Lake is not Sugar House. Park City is not downtown.
The License Sits With the Deed
The license sits with the deed. One license per licensee. Call Salt Lake City Business Licensing at 801-535-7980. City Hall, 451 South State Street. The city's STR page requires a business license before advertising. A licensee may hold only one STR business license. Each license is one property and one dwelling unit. Stays must be at least two consecutive nights and no more than 200 nights per calendar year. Tribune reporting Aug 6, 2026 lists $198 plus $342 per unit. Confirm 2026 on the consolidated fee schedule. Licensing took effect July 1, 2026. AirROI's low-regulation label is a scrape of listings, not the town file. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. The city's STR page requires a business license before you advertise. Salt Lake Remote Stays is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Do not paste a satellite year into a city tile. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay. The city's STR page requires a business license before you advertise. South Salt Lake is not Sugar House. Park City is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line.
Watch This Sample Size
Watch this sample size. 598 listings set a 30-night minimum. Stay is 6.6 nights. Lead is 42 days. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. South Salt Lake is not Sugar House. DIY vs Hire in Salt Lake is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Do not paste a satellite year into a city tile. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay. The city's STR page requires a business license before you advertise. South Salt Lake is not Sugar House. Park City is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay. The city's STR page requires a business license before you advertise. South Salt Lake is not Sugar House. Park City is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole.
Independent Ownership Changes the Hire
Independent ownership changes the hire. Professionally managed share is 12.4 percent. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Park City is not downtown. Who Books Salt Lake is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Do not paste a satellite year into a city tile. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay. The city's STR page requires a business license before you advertise. South Salt Lake is not Sugar House. Park City is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay. The city's STR page requires a business license before you advertise. South Salt Lake is not Sugar House. Park City is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay.
What a Buyer Packet Should Carry
What a buyer packet should carry is the city year, the hall, and each satellite on its own line. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. We market. We do not take the lock. Salt Lake Tourism Data is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Do not paste a satellite year into a city tile. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay. The city's STR page requires a business license before you advertise. South Salt Lake is not Sugar House. Park City is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay. The city's STR page requires a business license before you advertise. South Salt Lake is not Sugar House. Park City is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole.
Hosts who underwrite Wasatch stays should keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings, call 801-535-7980, and leave South Salt Lake and Park City on their own lines. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $22,593 on 1,800 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 801-535-7980 before you advertise a Salt Lake stay.
Frequently Asked Questions
What did a typical Salt Lake City short-term rental earn last year?
About $22,593 over the trailing twelve months from August 2025 through July 2026, across 1,800 active rentals. Average nightly rate was $177, occupancy 46.5 percent, and revenue per available night $83. Revenue was down 4.1 percent year-over-year while active supply grew 15.8 percent.
Do I need a business license to operate a short-term rental in Salt Lake City?
Yes, a business license is required before you advertise, and it took effect July 1, 2026. A licensee may hold only one STR business license, covering one property and one dwelling unit, and stays must run at least two consecutive nights and no more than 200 nights per calendar year. Tribune reporting from August 6, 2026 cited $198 plus $342 per unit, but confirm current figures on the consolidated fee schedule by calling Salt Lake City Business Licensing at 801-535-7980.
Can I hold more than one short-term rental license in Salt Lake City?
No. A licensee may hold only one STR business license, and each license covers exactly one property and one dwelling unit. If you're planning to operate multiple units, confirm how the city treats multi-property ownership directly with Business Licensing at City Hall, 451 South State Street, before you advertise any of them.
Is South Salt Lake part of the city's revenue figure?
No. South Salt Lake listings earned about $25,116 last year on the current AirROI extract, though this pass didn't print a listing count for that market. South Salt Lake is not Sugar House, and it's a separate city with its own licensing hall — keep its figure on its own line rather than folding it into Salt Lake City's $22,593.
What about Park City — does it share Salt Lake City's numbers?
No, and this research pass didn't mint an AirROI year for Park City at all. Park City is not downtown Salt Lake, and its ski-town guest and pricing pattern are entirely different from an urban city stay. Don't invent a Park City figure or blend it with Salt Lake City's data.
When is Salt Lake City's short-term rental market strongest?
March is the busiest month, with May and February also running strong. July is both the slowest revenue month and the weakest for occupancy. That pattern reflects Salt Lake City's own visitor calendar, distinct from Park City's ski-season curve.
Who books a Salt Lake City short-term rental?
Most guests arrive from within Salt Lake City itself, then New York, staying an average of 6.6 nights booked about 42 days ahead. Urban guests want downtown and Sugar House; South Salt Lake guests book a separate city stay, and Park City guests are booking a ski weekend — three distinct occasions.
Is a 30-night minimum stay proof that Salt Lake City's market runs full?
No. About 598 of Salt Lake City's 1,800 active listings — 33.2 percent — have set a 30-night minimum, a host policy choice rather than an occupancy measurement. The city's actual occupancy is 46.5 percent and average stay is 6.6 nights. Don't mistake a long minimum-stay setting for strong booking pace.
Should I hire a property manager in Salt Lake City?
Professionally managed share is 12.4 percent, with the largest manager, GrandRoad, holding 75 listings. South Salt Lake and Park City each reward their own separate management approach rather than one blended pitch across all three markets.
What should a buyer packet cite for a Salt Lake City acquisition?
Cite $22,593 on 1,800 city listings, 15.8 percent supply growth, and a 4.1 percent year-over-year revenue decline, sourced to the current AirROI extract. Keep South Salt Lake's separate $25,116 line and leave Park City unlabeled rather than inventing a figure, and confirm current business-license status and fees by calling 801-535-7980.
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