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STR Investment — Agents, Marketplaces & Data

Buying a short-term rental is a different search than buying a home — you are underwriting income, not just a floor plan. These are the agents, marketplaces, and data tools investors use to find and vet STR property.

Five ways to find and underwrite an STR purchase

This mixes three models on purpose, because a real buying process usually uses all of them: a dedicated STR brokerage, agent-matching networks, and the data platforms you underwrite with. We have labeled each so you know what you are getting — a couple help you buy, and a couple are research tools, not agents.

STR brokerage

The Short-Term Shop

The largest short-term-rental-specific brokerage in the US, pairing investors with agents who only sell vacation rentals.

Best for
Investors buying in top vacation markets — the Smokies, 30A, Gulf Shores, Scottsdale, Broken Bow, the Poconos — who want an agent who lives and breathes STR.
Model & reach
Buyer's agents across 20+ top STR markets nationwide; founded by Avery Carl, author of "Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth"; operates as a team under eXp Realty.
Base
Franklin, Tennessee, USA · founded 2017

Cavmir take: An agent network under eXp, so coverage and quality depend on your market — excellent in their core vacation markets, thinner outside them.

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Agent matching + data

Chalet

A short-term-rental brokerage and data platform that matches investors with vetted STR-savvy buyer's agents in their target market, for free.

Best for
Investors who want a data-first, agent-matched buying process and are not tied to one region.
Model & reach
Free STR market analytics and ROI tools plus a nationwide network of vetted STR agents and lenders (agents in 500+ markets); free to investors, paid via agent referral fees.
Base
San Diego, California, USA · founded 2021

Cavmir take: A matching layer over a partner-agent network, not one in-house team — so vet the specific agent Chalet pairs you with.

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Marketplace + data

Rabbu

A nationwide Airbnb-investment marketplace and data platform that helps investors find, analyze, and finance short-term rentals.

Best for
Investors who want free STR revenue data and an agent-supported marketplace to source and vet properties before buying.
Model & reach
Free Airbnb revenue estimates, a market-finder, and a for-sale STR marketplace that connects buyers with agents; started as an STR manager and pivoted fully to data and marketplace.
Base
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA · founded 2017

Cavmir take: A data-and-marketplace platform first; the agent help is a referral layer, and its projections are estimates — verify comps independently before you buy.

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Market data & analytics

AirDNA

The best-known short-term-rental data platform, providing the occupancy, rate, and revenue estimates investors use to underwrite deals.

Best for
Any investor or agent who needs market- and property-level STR performance data to decide where and what to buy.
What it is
Tracks 10M+ properties across 120,000+ markets from Airbnb and Vrbo; tools include Rentalizer for property revenue estimates and MarketMinder for market analysis.
Base
Denver, Colorado, USA · founded 2015

Cavmir take: A data and analytics tool, not a brokerage — it does not sell property. Use it to research and underwrite, then bring an agent from elsewhere on this list.

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Regional brokerage (Seattle)

RexMont Real Estate

A high-volume Seattle-area brokerage with a dedicated STR-investor buyer's-agent practice for income-property purchases.

Best for
Investors buying in the Seattle and Eastside market who need an agent fluent in local STR licensing, ADUs, and furnished-rental underwriting.
Model & reach
Full-service buyer representation for STR and income property (ADU and DADU homes, furnished rentals); reports 1,200+ closed deals and $1B+ in production; led by Adriano Tori.
Base
Seattle / Bellevue, Washington, USA

Cavmir take: Regional — Seattle and the Eastside only, not national. A strong pick if you are buying in Puget Sound, not relevant elsewhere.

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Cavmir is a marketing agency, not a real-estate brokerage, and this is not investment or real-estate advice. Revenue projections from any data tool are estimates — verify comps and local short-term-rental rules independently before you buy.

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