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The renovator’s bargain that quietly eats your Airbnb profits

Split image showing a modern Australian home beside an older property undergoing renovation, illustrating the difference between a newer build and a renovator property for short-term rental investment.

If you’re weighing up a cheap older house you’ll do up against a newer build that costs more upfront, buy the newer build. I know the renovator looks like the better deal on paper. It usually isn’t, not for short-term rental.