Services & Pricing
Short-term rental property analysis before you buy.
STR Foundry offers two paid services for people considering a specific Washington property, plus a free self-service tool. Each answers a different question, and you do not need both.
The work is done by me, Matt Redmon, an active STR owner-operator. I take no commissions or referral fees, and I'm paid the same whether you buy, keep looking or walk away.
The two services
Screen the property first, or underwrite the whole deal.
The Foundry Screen is the first-pass decision: is this worth more of your time and money? The Foundry Underwrite is the complete acquisition analysis: does this deal make sense for you at this price, with this financing and this plan?
Market & Property Screening
Foundry Screen
$100 Introductory price
Is this market and property credible enough to pursue further, and what could kill it?
A paid professional screen for a buyer considering one specific property. AirDNA data is an input. The value is my independent interpretation of the revenue evidence, the regulations, the property and the local operating realities.
Includes
- One specific property
- AirDNA-supported revenue range and relevant comparable properties
- Market demand and seasonality snapshot
- Initial jurisdiction, permit and regulatory screen
- Property-level operating red flags
- Local property-management structure or availability, where relevant
- A concise written assessment
- A clear advance, reconsider or stop conclusion
Does not include
- Complete expense modeling
- Financing analysis
- Cash-on-cash return analysis
- Detailed scenario and sensitivity testing
- Ten-year hold analysis
- A renovation or furnishing budget
- An offer-price calculation
- Legal, tax, lending, inspection, appraisal or investment advice
- Unlimited revisions or continuing coaching
Start with a Foundry Screen: $100
What I need: the property address or listing link.
Complete STR Financial Underwriting
Foundry Underwrite
$500 Introductory price
Given the purchase price, financing, capital requirements, operating plan and long-term objectives, does this acquisition make sense for you?
The deeper paid service. It begins with the work in a Foundry Screen and adds complete deal-level financial analysis and judgment.
Includes
- Everything in the Foundry Screen
- Complete acquisition and initial-capital model
- Financing and debt-service assumptions
- Detailed operating-expense model
- Revenue, expense and cash-flow scenarios
- Cash-on-cash and other relevant return measures
- Break-even and sensitivity analysis
- Initial exposure and reserve requirements
- The Foundry Score, using the current methodology
- Ten-year hold posture
- Material upside factors, downside risks and dependencies
- A written investment thesis and recommendation
Does not include
- Legal, tax, lending, appraisal, inspection or regulated investment advice
- Any guarantee of revenue, permit approval, financing, appreciation or returns
Request a Foundry Underwrite: $500
What I need: the property address or listing link, the price you expect to pay, your down payment and financing plans, and the most you can comfortably spend to launch.
Both prices are introductory. Work beyond the written deliverable, such as multi-property comparisons or launch planning, is scoped and priced separately in writing before anything starts.
Compare scope
What each service covers.
| Scope | Foundry Screen | Foundry Underwrite |
|---|
| Decision it answers | Is this market and property credible enough to pursue further, and what could kill it? | Given the price, financing, capital, operating plan and long-term goals, does this acquisition make sense for you? |
| Price | $100 introductory price | $500 introductory price |
| Property | One specific property | One specific property |
| Revenue evidence | AirDNA-supported revenue range and relevant comparable properties | Included, plus revenue, expense and cash-flow scenarios |
| Market demand and seasonality | Snapshot | Included |
| Jurisdiction, permit and regulatory | Initial screen | Included |
| Property-level operating red flags | Included | Included |
| Local property-management availability | Included where relevant | Included where relevant |
| Acquisition and initial-capital model | Not included | Complete model |
| Financing and debt service | Not included | Included |
| Operating-expense model | Not included | Detailed |
| Cash-on-cash and other return measures | Not included | Included |
| Break-even and sensitivity analysis | Not included | Included |
| Initial exposure and reserves | Not included | Included |
| Foundry Score | Not included | Included, using the current methodology |
| Ten-year hold posture | Not included | Included |
| Upside, downside and dependencies | Red flags only | Material factors identified |
| Written deliverable | Concise assessment ending in an advance, reconsider or stop conclusion | Written investment thesis and recommendation |
Where to start
You do not have to buy both.
A Foundry Underwrite already contains the Foundry Screen work, so you never pay twice for the same analysis.
Start with a Foundry Screen if
- You are looking at a property and want a first-pass read before spending more time or money
- You are considering one property among several possibilities and need to decide whether it deserves deeper analysis
- You are not sure yet whether the permit path or local management options work
Start with a Foundry Underwrite if
- You have a specific property you are seriously considering
- You know roughly the price, your down payment and how you would finance it
- You need to decide whether to make an offer, and want the full financial picture first
If a Foundry Screen ends in an advance conclusion, you can move on to a Foundry Underwrite. If it ends in reconsider or stop, you found that out for $100.
Questions
Common questions.
Is the Foundry Screen just an AirDNA report?
No. AirDNA data supports the revenue range, but the service is my interpretation of that evidence alongside the local regulations, the property itself, property-management realities and the red flags that could stop the deal.
Why are the prices called introductory?
They are the current prices for these services and may change. They are not a statement of what the work would cost elsewhere.
Do you give legal, tax, lending or investment advice?
No. STR Foundry is not a law firm, lender, appraiser, inspector, tax advisor or registered investment advisor. Confirm permits, taxes and financing with the governing jurisdiction and qualified professionals.
Can you guarantee revenue or an approved permit?
No. Both services describe evidence and risk. They do not guarantee revenue, permit approval, financing, appreciation or investment returns.
Ready when you are
Pick the decision you are facing.
Send a property address or listing link. If you are not sure which service fits, say so and I will tell you.
See what a finished analysis looks like in the example Foundry Underwrite.