Northeast STR Market & Property Research Log

A repeatable, logged workspace for Phase 2 market scoring and Phase 3 property underwriting. Everything here is saved in this browser and can be exported to hand back for an update.

On “automatic” research: type a place name below and this tool pulls real population, median household income, and median home value straight from the US Census Bureau — no typing state/county codes, no chat round-trip. STR regulations and tourism factors are still placeholders (3/5) after an auto-add, since there's no reliable public feed for those — fill those in by hand or with Claude's help. Every region also gets one-click, correctly-targeted search links (open “Research links” on any row).

Add a region

Type a place name and this pulls real Census data automatically — works once this page is deployed on Cloudflare Pages with its /functions folder. If you're just opening the HTML file directly, use the paste-from-Claude fallback further down instead.

Just type a place — a town, county, or region name (e.g. “Stowe, VT” or “Berkshire County, MA”). We'll geocode it, look up its Census figures, and add a new row.

Place name

Display name in the log (optional)

Fallback: paste research from Claude. If auto-research isn't available (page opened locally, or Cloudflare Functions not deployed), ask Claude in chat, then paste its JSON answer here — it fills in every field including regulatory and tourism scores.

Research the Northeast short-term-rental (STR) investment market for: [REGION NAME]. Use the same methodology as the rest of my Northeast STR research log: drive-time access from NYC or Boston (aim for under ~4 hours from at least one), STR regulatory clarity, price fit against a sub-$500k budget where possible, a 5-factor tourism breakdown (university/college draw, wedding & event-venue density, recurring major annual events, day-trip convenience to a city center, combined mountain+lake access), climate/disaster risk, and regulatory momentum. Also suggest 3-5 specific real named sub-areas within the region worth targeting on Zillow/Redfin (villages, hamlets, lakes, ski-adjacent neighborhoods, road corridors -- not fabricated street addresses) with a one-line reason and confidence each. Return exactly one JSON object matching this schema, nothing else:
{"name": "...", "priority": false, "notes": "...", "scores": {"drive":1-5, "strReg":1-5, "priceFit":1-5, "climate":1-5, "momentum":1-5}, "tourismSub": {"university":1-5, "weddings":1-5, "events":1-5, "cityDrive":1-5, "mtnLakeAccess":1-5}, "confidence": "High|Medium-High|Medium|Low-Medium|Low", "medianPrice": number-or-null, "sources": [{"label":"...", "url":"..."}], "searchAreas": [{"place":"...", "reason":"...", "confidence":"High|Medium|Low"}]}

Paste Claude's JSON answer here and import it. Parsing happens in your browser; nothing is sent anywhere.

Scoring weights

Six Phase-2 criteria, weighted 1–5 each. Tourism/demand is itself computed from the five-factor breakdown further down — change any weight and every region re-scores immediately. Weights should sum to 1.00.

Logged regions

★ marks a region confirmed within ~20 minutes of both a ski mountain and a lake. Edit any cell in place. Click a column header to sort.

Tourism / demand-strength breakdown

Five named sub-factors, each 1–5, averaged into the Tourism score used above: university/college draw, wedding & event-venue density, recurring major annual events, day-trip convenience to a city center, and combined mountain+lake recreational access.

Ranked composite score

Same weights, sorted high to low.

Underwrite a property

Fill in what you know. Every output recalculates live. Save it to the log to keep it and compare it against other candidates later.

Nickname / address

Market

Listing URL (optional, for your reference)

Quick-fill from a Zillow listing (optional)

This tool can't fetch a URL on its own — nothing published here has live internet access. But you can get almost the same result in one paste: open the listing on Zillow, select the page (Ctrl/Cmd+A) or just the price/tax/HOA area, copy, and paste it below. Parsing happens right in your browser; nothing is sent anywhere. It picks up list price, the most recent property tax line, and HOA when Zillow shows one. Management, utilities, maintenance, and CapEx are never on a listing — Zillow doesn't know how you'll operate the property — so those stay as your own assumptions below.

Purchase & financing

Purchase price ($)

Closing costs (% of price)

Renovation budget ($)

Down payment (% of price)

Interest rate (annual %)

Amortization (years)

Initial cash reserve set aside ($)

Income

Projected annual gross rental income ($)

Other annual income ($)

Vacancy / downtime allowance (%)

Operating expenses (annual, unless noted)

Property taxes ($)

Insurance ($)

Property management (% of EGI)

Utilities ($)

Repairs & maintenance (% of EGI)

CapEx reserve (% of EGI)

HOA / condo fees ($)

Other opex ($)

5-year exit assumptions

Annual rent growth (%)

Annual expense growth (%)

Exit cap rate (%)

Selling costs (% of sale price)

Screening thresholds (adjust to your own buy box)

Minimum DSCR

Minimum cash-on-cash (%)

Logged properties

Everything you've saved. Click a column header to sort.

Compare logged properties

Pick two or more saved properties to line up side by side.

Compare logged markets

Pick two or more regions to line up side by side.