Short term rental income and expense review tool dashboard on laptop with RetireCoast and Christie’s Gulf Beach Rentals branding, showing rental property financial tracking and performance metrics by the beach

Track short-term rental income, expenses, ledger activity, and portfolio performance in one place. This tool is designed for property owners who want a practical way to review manager statements, record owner-paid expenses, monitor rental performance, and prepare clean handoff reports for accounting.

RETIRECOAST • HOW TO USE THIS TOOL
How to Use the Short Term Rental Income & Expense Review Tool

This tool is designed to help short term rental owners organize manager statement data, owner-paid expenses, rental performance, transaction details, and portfolio-level reporting. It can be used as a simple review system, a planning tool, or a clean handoff tool for accounting.

Best simple workflow
  1. Add or select your property.
  2. Enter manager statement income and expense details.
  3. Add owner-paid expenses.
  4. Enter rental days and performance inputs.
  5. Review the property dashboard and summary snapshot.
  6. Use the ledger only if you want transaction-level detail.
  7. Print or export reports when needed.
Tip: If you own more than one short term rental, create each property separately inside the tool. The portfolio reporting sections will combine the results automatically while keeping each property’s records separate.
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RETIRECOAST • SHORT TERM RENTAL TOOL • V14B

RetireCoast Short Term Rental Income & Expense Review Tool

This version keeps the multi-property and portfolio reporting system while using legacy-safe CSS for cleaner WordPress paste-in compatibility.

1. Property Portfolio Manager

Multi-Property Support
Each property keeps its own manager statement data, owner-paid expenses, rental performance inputs, ledger transactions, notes, and reports. The selector above controls which property appears in the working screen.

2. Portfolio Summary Snapshot

All Properties Combined

3. Property Setup

Current Property Only

4. Use Mode / Accounting Mode

Simple for Non-Accountants

5. Import or Enter Data

Current Property Data Intake
Statement line format: Category, Amount. Ledger line format: Date, Description, Category, Type, Amount, Optional Account.

6. Manager Statement Section

Current Property

7. Owner-Paid Expense Section

Current Property

8. Rental Performance Inputs

Current Property

9. Simple Transaction Ledger

Ledger Tied to Current Property

10. Current Property Dashboard

Current Property

11. Current Property Summary Snapshot

Current Property Review

12. Chart of Accounts Mapping

Global Across Portfolio
Account mapping stays global so a category like Management Commission or Insurance can map consistently to QuickBooks, Wave, or a generic accounting export across all properties.
Add a custom global category / account mapping

13. Accounting System Handoff

Current Property Minimum Export
Use summary export for a simple monthly accounting handoff. Use ledger export if you want a transaction-style file for the current property. Use mapping export for global category-account relationships.

14. Current Property Report

Printable

15. Portfolio Report

All Properties

16. Disclaimer

Please Review Carefully
This tool is designed to help short term rental owners organize and review property-level income, expenses, and portfolio results. It is not legal, tax, or accounting advice. Use it as a review system, planning tool, or accounting assist tool, and confirm final treatment of income, reserves, deposits, transfers, depreciation, and tax items with your CPA, bookkeeper, or attorney.
This premium tool has been created and provided exclusively to clients of Christies Gulf Beach Rentals by RetireCoast. This tool is part of the RetireCoast Business Membership program. It is provided at no charge only to Christies clients and is not intended for use by any other persons or companies. Copyright 2026 RetireCoast.com
RETIRECOAST • NEXT STEP
Take Your Rental Property Management to the Next Level

This tool was provided to help you better understand your short term rental income, expenses, and performance. If you want to go further, RetireCoast offers a full set of business tools designed to help you manage, grow, and protect your rental property business.

The Business Membership includes advanced tools, planning resources, and structured systems for property owners who want more control, better reporting, and long-term financial clarity.

Designed for property owners, investors, and small business operators who want a more complete system beyond basic tracking.