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Does this rental actually cash flow?

Most first-pass rental math stops at rent minus mortgage. That is where bad deals hide. This analyzer forces the ordinary missing lines into the open: vacancy, management, maintenance, capex reserves, taxes, insurance, HOA, utilities, and debt service.

Use it as an educational screen, not an offer recommendation. If a deal only works after you delete realistic reserves, the reserves were not the problem.

Property and loan

Income and operating assumptions

Defaults are intentionally not rosy: 5% vacancy, 10% management, 8% maintenance, and 5% capex. Override them only if you can defend the number.

Monthly cash flow
$0

Cash left after operating expenses and principal/interest debt service.

Cash-on-cash0.0%
Cap rate0.0%
DSCR0.00
1 percent rule0.00%

First-pass read

Enter a purchase price and rent to see the read.

Educational screen

Show me the math

Gross monthly rent$0
- vacancy reserve-$0
= effective rent$0
- management, maintenance, capex-$0
- taxes, insurance, HOA, utilities, other-$0
= monthly NOI before debt$0
- monthly principal and interest-$0
= monthly cash flow$0
Annual cash flow$0
Breakeven rent$0
5 like this$0/mo

Stress test

A deal that only survives perfect conditions is not really surviving. These are quick pressure tests, not forecasts.

Rent down 10%$0/mo
Vacancy at 15%$0/mo
Rate up 1 point$0/mo

The number is the screen. The skill is finding deals worth screening.

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