Buying a St. Louis Rental: Cite $21,963, Keep Satellites Off

Underwrite St. Louis at $21,963 on 1,927 listings. Do not underwrite Saint Charles as this note. Year over year is plus 2.4 percent.

Typical St. Louis listings earned about $21,963 last year from 1,927 active rentals, AirROI trailing twelve months from August 2025 through July 2026. The average night was $184. Occupancy was 42.9 percent. Revenue per available night was $79. Year over year is plus 2.4 percent. Active supply moved plus 5.2 percent.

The three strongest city months are March, May, and June. March is the busiest. January is the slowest. Occupancy is weakest in July. Most guests arrive from St. Louis, then Chicago. Stay is 6.8 nights, booked about 38 days ahead. Call the St. Louis License Collector at 314-622-4528. 1200 Market Street, City Hall Room 102-104. Email lco@stlouis-mo.gov. Ordinance 72095, effective February 23, 2026, requires a Short-Term Rental Business License and a quarterly 3 percent license fee on rent. Confirm 2026. A court order has prohibited the City from enforcing the permit requirements of Ordinance 71729. Do not invent a $150 occupied-permit fee as a current requirement. AirROI's low-regulation label and 9 percent registration evidence are a scrape of listings, not the town file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay.

DSCR Starts on St. Louis $21,963

DSCR starts on $21,963 on 1,927 listings. ADR $184. Occupancy 42.9 percent. RevPAR $79. 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. St. Louis 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 $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License. Saint Charles is not Soulard. Innsbrook is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License. Saint Charles is not Soulard. Innsbrook is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay.

Year Over Year Is Plus 2.4 Percent

Year over year is plus 2.4 percent. File the current extract. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Keep $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. Market a St. Louis 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 $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License. Saint Charles is not Soulard. Innsbrook is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License. Saint Charles is not Soulard. Innsbrook is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay.

Supply Plus 5.2 Percent

Supply moved plus 5.2 percent. Watch this sample. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. St. Louis 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 $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License. Saint Charles is not Soulard. Innsbrook is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License. Saint Charles is not Soulard. Innsbrook is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License.

A Satellite Stay Is Not This City Note

A Saint Charles or Innsbrook stay is not this city note. Saint Charles listings earned about $30,564 last year from 190 active rentals on the current AirROI extract. Keep that stay on its own line. Saint Charles is another hall. Innsbrook listings earned about $44,484 last year from 201 active rentals on the current AirROI extract. Keep that stay on its own line. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. St. Louis 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 $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License. Saint Charles is not Soulard. Innsbrook is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License. Saint Charles is not Soulard. Innsbrook is not downtown.

The Desk Sits With the Deed

The desk sits with the deed. Ordinance 72095. Call the St. Louis License Collector at 314-622-4528. 1200 Market Street, City Hall Room 102-104. Email lco@stlouis-mo.gov. Ordinance 72095, effective February 23, 2026, requires a Short-Term Rental Business License and a quarterly 3 percent license fee on rent. Confirm 2026. A court order has prohibited the City from enforcing the permit requirements of Ordinance 71729. Do not invent a $150 occupied-permit fee as a current requirement. AirROI's low-regulation label and 9 percent registration evidence are a scrape of listings, not the town file. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License. St. Louis 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 $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License. Saint Charles is not Soulard. Innsbrook is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole.

Watch This Sample Size

Watch this sample size. 609 listings set a 30-night minimum. Stay is 6.8 nights. Lead is 38 days. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Saint Charles is not Soulard. DIY vs Hire in St. Louis 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 $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License. Saint Charles is not Soulard. Innsbrook is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License. Saint Charles is not Soulard. Innsbrook is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay.

Independent Ownership Changes the Hire

Independent ownership changes the hire. Professionally managed share is 16.4 percent. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Innsbrook is not downtown. Who Books St. Louis 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 $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License. Saint Charles is not Soulard. Innsbrook is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License. Saint Charles is not Soulard. Innsbrook is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License.

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. St. Louis 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 $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License. Saint Charles is not Soulard. Innsbrook is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License. Saint Charles is not Soulard. Innsbrook is not downtown. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay.

Hosts who underwrite Mississippi River stays should keep $21,963 on 1,927 city listings, call 314-622-4528, and leave Saint Charles and Innsbrook on their own lines. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,963 on 1,927 city listings on its own line. March is the city peak. January is the city hole. Call 314-622-4528 before you advertise a St. Louis stay. Ordinance 72095 requires a Short-Term Rental Business License.

Frequently Asked Questions

What did a typical St. Louis short-term rental earn last year?

About $21,963 over the trailing twelve months from August 2025 through July 2026, across 1,927 active rentals. Average nightly rate was $184, occupancy 42.9 percent, and revenue per available night $79. Revenue was actually up 2.4 percent year-over-year, one of the few markets in this comparison set showing growth, while active supply grew a modest 5.2 percent.

Do I need a permit to operate a short-term rental in St. Louis?

Yes. Ordinance 72095, effective February 23, 2026, requires a Short-Term Rental Business License plus a quarterly 3 percent license fee on rent. Note that a court order has prohibited the city from enforcing the older Ordinance 71729 permit requirements, so don't cite a $150 occupied-permit fee as current. Call the St. Louis License Collector at 314-622-4528, 1200 Market Street, City Hall Room 102-104, to confirm current status.

Is the old $150 occupied-permit fee still in effect in St. Louis?

No — do not treat that figure as a current requirement. A court order has prohibited the city from enforcing Ordinance 71729's permit requirements, and the operative rule now is Ordinance 72095's business license plus quarterly 3 percent fee on rent. Confirm the current status directly with the License Collector before budgeting a permit cost.

Is Saint Charles part of St. Louis's revenue figure?

No. Saint Charles listings earned about $30,564 last year across 190 active rentals on the current AirROI extract — a notably higher figure than the city's own $21,963, and Saint Charles is not Soulard. Keep it on its own line rather than blending it into a St. Louis city note.

What about Innsbrook — does it share St. Louis's numbers?

No. Innsbrook listings earned about $44,484 last year across 201 active rentals, the highest figure among the markets covered here, and Innsbrook is not downtown St. Louis. It's a resort-style satellite market that shouldn't be cited as evidence for an urban St. Louis purchase.

When is St. Louis's short-term rental market strongest?

March is the busiest month, with May and June also running strong. January is the slowest revenue month, and occupancy runs weakest specifically in July. That pattern reflects St. Louis's own city calendar, distinct from Saint Charles's or Innsbrook's.

Who books a St. Louis short-term rental?

Most guests arrive from within St. Louis itself, then Chicago, staying an average of 6.8 nights booked about 38 days ahead. Urban guests want Soulard and Lafayette Square; Saint Charles and Innsbrook guests are each booking a separate city stay entirely.

Is a 30-night minimum stay proof that St. Louis's market runs full?

No. About 609 of St. Louis's 1,927 active listings — 31.6 percent — have set a 30-night minimum, a host policy choice rather than an occupancy measurement. St. Louis's actual occupancy is 42.9 percent and average stay is 6.8 nights. Don't mistake a long minimum-stay setting for strong booking pace.

Should I hire a property manager in St. Louis?

Professionally managed share is 16.4 percent, with the largest manager, Brick & Bed, holding 43 listings. Saint Charles and Innsbrook each reward their own separate management approach rather than one blended pitch across all three markets.

What should a buyer packet cite for a St. Louis acquisition?

Cite $21,963 on 1,927 city listings, 5.2 percent supply growth, and a 2.4 percent year-over-year revenue increase, sourced to the current AirROI extract. Keep Saint Charles's $30,564 and Innsbrook's $44,484 on their own separate lines, and confirm current Ordinance 72095 licensing status by calling 314-622-4528.

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