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Humble Turnover

What each empty room really costs you in a year.

Every move-out creates two costs: rent you do not collect while the room sits empty, and money you spend to reset it. Enter your rooms, rent, turnover frequency, and reset costs to estimate the total annual and monthly impact.

Rooms & turnover

Turnover is counted per room per year. A room that changes tenant once a year has 1.0; one that changes twice has 2.0.

Rooms & rentRentable roomsroomsScheduled monthly rent per roomAverage turnovers per room / yearturnoversDecimals are allowed: 0.5 means a turnover every two years on average.Average vacant days per turnoverdaysDays the room is empty between one tenant leaving and the next moving in.Days used per rental monthdaysUsed to convert a daily rent loss. 30 is the usual convention.

Reset cost per turnover

Enter your average cost for each item every time a room turns over. Leave an item at zero if it does not apply.

Cleaning & paint touch-upRepairs & maintenanceMarketing & screeningListing costs, photography, and background or credit screening.Furnishing & supplies resetReplacing bedding, small furniture, or shared-house consumables between tenants.

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Estimated annual turnover impact

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Turnover events / year

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Vacancy days / year

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Rent lost to vacancy / year

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Reset cost / year

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Average monthly impact

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Per-room turnover cost / year

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Annual income check

Annual contracted rent

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Estimated rent collected

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Net after reset costs

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Turnover cost share of contracted rent

How to read this: Turnover cost is linear in your assumptions: double the turnovers per room and both the rent lost and the reset cost double. The rent loss uses a simple daily rate from the monthly rent you entered, and reset costs are the sum of your four per-turnover items. Mortgage payments, utilities, taxes, insurance, and ongoing repairs are excluded because they are paid whether the room is occupied or not.

Example: 5 rooms at $800 a month, 1.5 turnovers per room per year, 14 vacant days each, and $525 of reset cost per turnover. That is 7.5 events, 105 vacant days, $2,800 of rent lost, and $3,937.50 of reset cost, for a $6,737.50 annual impact, about $561.46 a month and $1,347.50 per room. Against $48,000 of contracted rent, turnover consumes 14.04%.

What to verify next

The numbers above are planning estimates built from the amounts you entered. These are checks for you to complete with local quotes, documents, and qualified professionals — they are not advice, verified quotes, or confirmed terms.

Check current local rents for the room type so the vacancy cost reflects what a re-rent actually achieves.
Ask local property managers or landlords how many vacancy days turnarounds really take in your market.
Get quotes for cleaning, painting, and repairs from local providers rather than using averages.
Verify any local notice and re-listing rules that affect how quickly a room can legally be re-rented.

Your next step

With turnover budgeted, step back and compare whole-house versus room-by-room: compare Humble Room Revenue, or read the shared-home guide.

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Planning estimate only. It assumes rent accrues evenly, turnover is evenly distributed through the year, and every room rents at the same rate. It excludes cleaning you do yourself unpaid, major capital projects, ongoing vacancy, local rental rules, and any cost you did not enter. Not a forecast or financial, tax, or legal advice.