Can a Costa del Sol Property REALLY Pay for Itself?

Can a Costa del Sol property really pay for itself through short-term rentals? In this video, I break down a real investment case study based on a resale apartment with a tourist licence on the Costa del Sol. 🏡 The Available Properties From the Video: https://www.property-viewer.com/?uuid=QcbHRSHEYKL&v=1781206420 💰 Download the Google Sheet for Free Here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wKRZeV19TnXNwMPMiCm6vDYCimIhK3ZHLAqCfBdRc38/edit?usp=sharing Instead of using unrealistic Airbnb projections, we built a conservative investment model using actual occupancy rates, ADR (Average Daily Rate), operating costs, mortgage payments, taxes, community fees, Airbnb commissions, Booking.com fees, cleaning costs and more. One of our clients wanted a simple answer: ✅ Can the rental income cover the mortgage? ✅ How much cash flow is realistically left over? ✅ Is 10% annual net return possible? ✅ Which properties offer the best risk-to-reward ratio? Using real market data from Airbnb, Lighthouse Hospitality Intelligence and Costa del Sol property transactions, we compare multiple investment scenarios and show the numbers behind the decision. One important note is that this model does not include utility expenses such as electricity, water and internet. Based on my personal experience living in a very similar apartment with 5 sleeping places, 2 bathrooms, and a household of 2 adults and 3 children, our average electricity bill has been approximately €80 per month over the past several months. Water costs have been relatively low, averaging around €20 every three months, while fibre internet packages typically start from €39.99 per month. That said, it is important to keep the occupancy assumptions in mind. This model is based on a conservative occupancy rate of just 37%, meaning the property is occupied for roughly one-third of the year. Assuming guests use electricity, water, cooking facilities and appliances in a similar manner to a normal household, the actual utility costs attributable to short-term rental activity would likely be closer to one-third of our own consumption. As a result, while utilities will certainly have an impact on the final return on investment, the effect is relatively modest and would typically amount to approximately €500–€700 per year. Naturally, this figure can vary depending on occupancy levels, seasonality, air conditioning usage, the length of guest stays and the profile of the guests themselves. For this reason, we believe utility costs are unlikely to materially change the overall investment outcome, although they should always be considered as part of a complete financial assessment. If you are considering buying an investment property in Spain, this video will help you understand the opportunities, risks and realistic income expectations before making a purchase. 📲 WhatsApp Me: https://wa.me/34602119919 📞 Phone: +34 602 11 99 19 🌴 Costa Prime Realty - https://costaprimerealty.com Helping international buyers find profitable properties on the Costa del Sol. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏰ CHAPTERS 00:00 Why Most Property Income Calculations Are Wrong 00:37 Free Costa del Sol Investment Calculator 01:34 Building a Conservative Investment Model 02:04 Real Property Investment Example 02:57 Purchase Costs & Mortgage Calculation 03:41 Can Rental Income Cover The Mortgage? 04:15 Real Costa del Sol Rental Income Analysis 05:13 Does The Property Pay For Itself? 05:50 Three Different Investment Scenarios 06:27 Can You Earn 10% Annual Return? 07:02 Tourist Licence Mistakes Investors Make 07:58 How To Increase Rental Profitability 08:32 Why Tourist Licensed Properties Are Becoming More Valuable 09:08 How We Build Custom Investment Reports ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔑 Topics Covered Costa del Sol property investment Spain real estate investing Airbnb investment property Spain Tourist licence properties Costa del Sol rental income Property cash flow analysis Spain buy-to-let property Short-term rental investment Costa del Sol apartments for sale Investment properties Spain Mortgage and rental income Property ROI calculator Airbnb profitability Spain Real estate investment Spain ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Thanks to: @airbnb @airroi @HotelRevenueManagement @AirDNA ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #costadelsolproperty #spainproperty #propertyinvestment #realestateinvesting #airbnbinvestment #spainrealestate #rentalincome #investmentproperty #costadelsol #propertyinvestor #realestatespain #TouristLicence #passiveincome #PropertyInvestmentSpain #CostaPrimeRealty Disclaimer: This video is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, legal, tax or real estate advice. All figures, assumptions and projections are estimates