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Compare your options, check the assumptions and keep the analysis with each property.
Example property
Price
$150,000
Rent / month
$2,000
Down payment
25%
Illustrative example, not a listing or forecast. Selected results are shown below.
01 / SAVED COMPARISONS
Keep your offers side by side.
Save the asking price, your offer and different financing as separate scenarios. Compare the cash you need with the cash flow each option leaves.
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Same property, three optionsSelected Year 1 results · before income tax
Assumptions & results
Asking price
Lower offer
Different loan
Price
$150,000
$140,000
$150,000
Interest rate
7.5%
7.5%
6.5%
Upfront cash
$53,500
$50,600
$53,500
Cash flow / month
$263.38
$315.82
$338.92
Cash-on-cash
5.91%
7.49%
7.60%
Asking price
$150,000 · 7.5% interest
Cash flow / month
$263.38
Upfront cash
$53,500
Cash-on-cash
5.91%
Lower offer
$140,000 · 7.5% interest
Cash flow / month
$315.82
Upfront cash
$50,600
Cash-on-cash
7.49%
Different loan
$150,000 · 6.5% interest
Cash flow / month
$338.92
Upfront cash
$53,500
Cash-on-cash
7.60%
All three use 25% down, a 30-year loan and the same rent and expense assumptions. Interest rates are examples, not loan quotes.
02 / RENT GROWTH & DOWNSIDE
See how much the assumptions matter.
Compare rent growth over time, then test lower rent, extra vacancy and higher costs. See when a property could need cash from you.
Rent-growth projections, downside tables and financing comparisons stay with your saved analysis.
Rent growth over timeMonthly cash flow · before income tax
Annual rent growth
Year 1
Year 5
Year 10
0%
$263.38
$232.01
$187.19
3%
$263.38
$395.17
$583.40
5%
$263.38
$512.16
$903.92
Fixed expenses grow 3% a year in every row. Vacancy stays at 5%; rent-based costs follow rent. Growth starts in Year 2.
Year 1 with all three downside changes
10% lower rent, 2 extra vacant weeks and 10% higher operating costs and reserves.
-$14.85/ month
03 / SALE PLANNING
Account for the costs of selling.
Choose a holding period, appreciation rate and selling costs. See the mortgage payoff and estimated proceeds, alongside the return over your holding period.
Plus also includes income-tax estimates and depreciation comparisons.
Sale at the end of Year 103% annual appreciation · 6% selling costs
Net sale proceeds before tax$91,847.85After selling costs and mortgage payoff
Estimated sale price
$201,587.46
Selling costs
−$12,095.25
Mortgage payoff
−$97,644.36
Proceeds are not profit. This excludes sale taxes and rent cash flow collected during ownership. The original upfront investment is $53,500.
Full assumptions for these examples
$150,000 purchase price; $2,000 monthly rent; 25% down; 7.5% fixed interest over 30 years; 4% closing costs; $10,000 initial repairs. Vacancy is 5% of rent. Management, maintenance and capital reserves are each 10% of rent. Annual insurance is $1,200; property tax is $1,800. Other monthly expenses are $0. Baseline annual rent and fixed expense growth are 3%. Each example changes only the assumptions shown.
Returns depend on your inputs. These examples do not estimate your tax liability. Assumptions and limitations.
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