Louisiana Airbnb Calculator
Project a Louisiana short-term rental with state property-tax and insurance defaults, editable platform fees, lodging-tax treatment, operating expenses, cash flow, and break-even occupancy.
Local verification required. Louisianadefaults do not determine whether an STR is legal at a specific address. Verify city, county, zoning, HOA, primary-residence, permit, tax-registration, and platform collection rules before relying on the projection.
Louisiana STR assumptions
This page seeds the calculator with a starting property value of $210,000.00 and a starting ADR of $131.00. These are screening defaults, not local revenue data. Replace them with nearby comparable STRs, seasonality, and actual booking history when available.
Property tax is seeded from the Louisiana effective property-tax rate of 0.55%. Insurance uses the same state risk model as the other REI analyzers. Lodging tax is deliberately user-entered because city, county, tourism, convention, and occupancy taxes are often local.
STR diligence note from the Louisiana investing profile: New Orleans has some of the most restrictive STR rules in the country — non-owner-occupied residential STRs were essentially banned in most residential areas (2019 ordinance). The rules have been modified multiple times and are subject to ongoing litigation — critically important to verify current rules before STR investment in NOLA.
Market context: Baton Rouge/East Baton Rouge Parish (state capital, LSU, petrochemical, most stable LA market). New Orleans/Orleans Parish (tourism-driven, unique market, STR premium but highly regulated). Shreveport/Caddo Parish (northwest LA, affordable cash flow, oil/gas). Lafayette (Acadiana oil/gas economy, hybrid). Lake Charles/Calcasieu Parish (LNG/industrial growth — rebuilding post-Ida).
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