Editorial Guidelines

Mission and vision

Mission: give STR investors a single honest verdict on feasibility, legality, and financing. Vision: a market where no one buys a property the city bans or a lender won’t fund — because they ran the address first.

Key principles

• Truth over hype — we name the bad news (caps, bans, revenue haircuts) plainly.
• Every figure is data-bound and carries an “as of” date; we never invent rates, revenue, or legality.
• Legality is reported as a fact with a source link, not as legal advice.
• ECOA-safe, honest framing; we do not steer or discriminate.

Editorial independence

Our feasibility verdicts and the Feasibility & Legality Index are computed from data before any lead form. We are paid a marketing fee when you ask to be matched — but the verdict, including “this doesn’t pencil” and “your city banned STR,” is the same regardless of who pays us. Compensation never moves a ranking or a status. See How We Make Money and our Methodology.

Sourcing and expertise

Revenue comes from third-party comparable-listing data (AirROI/Rabbu); legality from municipal ordinances and STR trackers; lender terms from partner rate cards and public program pages. Content is written and reviewed by people with real STR underwriting and operating experience — see our Editorial Team — and we prefer primary sources and dated, verifiable references.

Fact-checking and corrections

Figures are validated against their source and stamped with a date; legality is re-checked on a monthly minimum and on ordinance events. If we get something wrong, we fix it and date the correction. Spot an error? Email editorial@nightyield.com and we’ll review it.