Yosemite STR Hot List
Active listings across five Sierra foothill counties — Madera, Mariposa, Tuolumne, Calaveras and Alpine — that pencil as short-term rentals, ranked by gross yield against real comp revenue — not wishful thinking. Filter by county and town, then call me for the underwriting behind any address.
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Gross yield is base-case (70th percentile) annual short-term rental revenue divided by list price — or by list price plus your renovation budget, if you enter one on a listing. It ignores financing, operating costs, taxes and insurance — it’s a screening filter for which properties deserve a real underwrite, nothing more. Cap rate applies a standard expense load to the same revenue figure.
Revenue cases are percentiles of annual revenue across up to 30 active short-term rental comps near each property. Conservative is the 50th percentile — what the median comparable listing earns. Base is the 70th percentile, and it’s the number every gross yield on this page is built on. Aggressive is the 90th percentile — what the top tenth of comparable listings earn, which takes strong design, pricing and reviews to reach.
Short-term rental rules differ by jurisdiction and change often. Each county sets its own vacation rental rules — permits, septic capacity, parking, occupancy, fire access and transient occupancy tax — and incorporated cities such as Sonora and Angels Camp regulate separately from their counties. Some subdivisions and HOAs prohibit them outright regardless of county rules. Confirm permit eligibility for a specific parcel before you write an offer.
Listings are sourced from the local MLS and public listing data as of the date above and include properties represented by other brokerages. Availability, price and status change daily. This is not a solicitation for property already listed with another broker. Nothing here is a guarantee of revenue, and nothing here is tax, legal or investment advice.
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