Run the numbers on a rental, from first look to sale
Nine free calculators for rental property investors. Pick the question you need answered. Every result updates as you type and shows its working.
Size up a deal
Quick checks first, then the full worksheet.
Finance it
What the loan costs and whether a lender will agree.
Choose a strategy
Run the numbers for a particular way of investing.
Own, hold or sell
Tax and timing once you own the property.
Try one now: cap rate
Change any figure and the answer updates. Every calculator on the site works the same way.
Cap rate
6.12%
Mid-range yield, typical of many established markets
- Yearly rent at full occupancy
- $28,800
- Vacancy allowance
- − $1,440
- Operating expenses
- − $9,000
- Net operating income
- $18,360
- Divided by purchase price
- $300,000
The order most investors work in
Each step uses a little more information than the last, so you only spend time on the deals that survive.
- Screen the listing
Gross rent multiplier needs only the price and the rent. Use it to drop the listings that are clearly overpriced.
- Check the yield
Cap rate adds vacancy and expenses, and lets you compare the property with others nearby.
- Price the loan
The mortgage calculator gives the payment, and DSCR shows whether a lender will accept it.
- Measure your return
Cash-on-cash return shows what your own cash earns, and the rental property calculator puts every figure on one worksheet.
- Pick the strategy
The short-term rental calculator shows whether nightly guests beat a long-term tenant after platform fees and cleaning.
- Hold, then sell
Depreciation lowers your taxable rent each year, and rent vs. sell weighs keeping a home as a rental against selling it.