DEAL FLOW — THE NOVA SCOTIA INVESTMENT SCREEN

Know what it earns before you own it.

Most buyers see an asking price. We grade new listings against revenue comparables from 1,541 tracked short-term rentals — the same corpus that prices our managed portfolio nightly. Investment-grade properties land in a weekly digest, underwriting attached.

GRADED A / B / C · WEEKLY · INVESTORS ONLY · UNSUBSCRIBE ANYTIME
ONE WEEK THROUGH THE SCREEN ILLUSTRATIVE VOLUMES
NEW NS LISTINGS INGESTED~300
PASS HARD GATES — coverage zone · type · STR-viable~45
SCORED AGAINST THE CORPUS~45
INVESTMENT-GRADE → THE DIGEST3–6
GATES REUSE THE LIVE SERVICE-COVERAGE CLASSIFIER METHOD PUBLISHED · MLS FEED IN ONBOARDING
EVERY GRADE BACKED BY
1,541 revenue comps
01 — THE BOARD

What the premium segment earns, market by market.

Public, refreshed with the snapshot. This is the teaser — graded individual listings live in the digest.

MARKETREGIONTTM REVENUEADROCCREVPARLISTINGS
Hammonds PlainsTOP Halifax HRM $78,860 $552 51% $232 14
Halifax Halifax HRM $52,211 $423 55% $138 839
Wolfville Annapolis Valley $51,740 $555 44% $127 59
Lunenburg South Shore $50,961 $432 55% $143 84
Bedford Halifax HRM $50,057 $537 48% $114 95
Chester South Shore $45,715 $581 39% $159 41
Lower Sackville Halifax HRM $42,774 $306 53% $90 25
Mahone Bay South Shore $41,055 $402 48% $123 54
Porters Lake Halifax HRM $37,680 $609 36% $92 32
Kentville Annapolis Valley $36,747 $201 56% $85 28
Dartmouth Halifax HRM $36,532 $366 51% $108 183
Hubbards Halifax HRM $34,622 $464 37% $116 52
Truro Central NS $30,577 $356 47% $100 35
PREMIUM (3BR+) SEGMENT AVERAGES · SOURCE: AIRROI · AS OF 2026-07-02 · REVPAR & LISTING COUNTS: ALL SEGMENTS 13 MARKETS · 1,541 LISTINGS TRACKED
02 — THE METHOD

Four stages between a new listing and your inbox.

The same discipline as our revenue estimates: stated method, real comparables, no false precision.

S1
The corpus

1,541 tracked listings across 13 markets — revenue, rates, occupancy — refreshed with each snapshot. The same dataset that prices our managed portfolio.

S2
Hard gates

Every new listing is geocoded and gated: inside our service radius, STR-viable type and size, no obvious disqualifiers. Most listings stop here.

S3
Local scoring

Bedroom-banded comps within radius → a modeled revenue band, then the four metrics: gross yield, RevPAR percentile, comp density, occupancy headroom.

S4
Confirm & grade

Finalists get a full comparable-level estimate and a dossier — the report our owners already receive. Grades: A investment-grade, B interesting, C pass.

GROSS YIELD
Modeled TTM revenue ÷ asking price. The headline number.
REVPAR PERCENTILE
Where the comp set sits in its market. Strength, not hope.
COMP DENSITY
How many true comparables back the band. Confidence, quantified.
OCCUPANCY HEADROOM
Gap between market occupancy and the comp set’s. Upside under management.
03 — THE DOSSIER

What lands in your inbox when a property clears the screen.

Each digest entry is a one-page underwriting dossier: the modeled revenue band with its comp set, the four metrics, the grade, and the compliance picture for that municipality. Numbers you can forward to your lender.

  • Revenue band from named comparables — never a single point
  • Municipal STR rules for the address, from our 49-rule-set database
  • Estimate only — not an appraisal, not an income guarantee. Method and as-of date stamped on every page.
SAMPLE — ILLUSTRATIVE PROPERTY
Casa Scotia INVESTMENT DOSSIER · SAMPLE AS OF 2026-07-02
4BR · Waterfront · Chester
ASKING $899,000 (ILLUSTRATIVE) · MLS DAY 2 · COVERAGE: CORE
A
MODELED TTM REVENUE 19 COMPS · 10 KM
$38,000 – $52,000 / yr
GROSS YIELD
4.2–5.8%
REVPAR PCTL
P71
COMP DENSITY
19
OCC HEADROOM
+6 PTS
MUNICIPAL RULES: CHESTER — REGISTRATION + 3% LEVY · SOURCED NOT AN APPRAISAL
04 — THE LOOP

Buy with underwriting. Then hand us the keys.

1
The screen finds it

A graded dossier lands in your digest — before most buyers know what the property would earn.

2
You buy with the numbers

The band, the comps, and the municipal rules go into your offer decision — and to your lender. We’ll pressure-test it on a call if you want.

3
Casa operates it

The same engine that modeled the purchase prices it nightly. Full management, flat rate — the fee starts when your first guest checks in.

Investor questions

Is a short-term rental a good investment in Nova Scotia?

It depends on the specific property — the same market holds listings earning several times its median. That’s why we grade individual listings against real revenue comparables instead of answering with a provincial average. The market board above shows what the premium segment earns, market by market, dated and sourced.

What makes a listing “investment-grade”?

It clears all four metrics against the corpus: gross yield on asking price, RevPAR percentile of its comparable set, comparable density backing the band, and occupancy headroom under management. Only a small fraction of new listings clear the screen.

Which Nova Scotia towns have the best STR returns?

The board above ranks all 13 tracked markets by premium-segment revenue — it’s dated, sourced to AirROI, and re-ranks with each snapshot rather than freezing an answer that goes stale.

Are the dossier numbers guaranteed?

No — they are estimates from named comparables, not appraisals or income guarantees. The method and as-of date are stamped on every dossier.

THE GATE — INVESTORS ONLY

The deal flow goes to the list, not the public.

One email a week. Every investment-grade listing we flagged, each with its dossier. When you’re ready to move on one, reply — the founders read this inbox.

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