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Flip Calculators

Website-ready calculators for investors, flippers, landlords, and wholesalers. Start with the expected resale price or rent and work backward to determine a maximum purchase price that still leaves room for costs and profit.

How to Use These Calculators

These tools are designed to help investors quickly evaluate flips and rentals. Start with your best estimate of resale value or rent, then adjust the assumptions until the numbers reflect the deal you are actually considering.

Max Purchase Calculator

ARV is the expected sale price after repairs. This is often based on rehabbed comparable sales.

Rehab Costs should include labor, materials, permits, and contractor overhead if applicable.

Selling Costs usually include commissions and seller closing costs.

Holding Period is the time from purchase to resale. Include enough time for rehab, listing, contract, and closing.

Monthly Carrying Costs typically include taxes, insurance, utilities, lawn care, snow removal, and other ownership costs during the hold.

Financing Costs may include points, interest, lender fees, and draw fees.

Desired Profit can be entered as a fixed dollar amount or a percentage of ARV.

Contingency is your extra safety buffer for unexpected repairs or overruns.

Advanced Flip Analyzer

This version separates more assumptions so you can see how commissions, seller closing costs, carrying costs, financing, and rehab overruns affect your maximum price.

Agent Commission is typically the total commission paid at resale.

Seller Closing Costs are non-commission closing expenses at the sale side.

Repair Overrun Buffer adds a cushion on top of the base rehab estimate.

Loan-to-Cost, Interest Rate, and Points are used to estimate financing costs if financing is included.

70% Rule Quick Check

This is a rough first-pass filter, not full underwriting. It estimates a quick maximum offer using a percentage of ARV minus rehab.

Rule Percentage is often 65–75% depending on market, price point, and investor risk tolerance.

Rental Calculator

This tool estimates operating performance after purchase.

Monthly Rent is expected rent at market levels.

Other Income can include parking, laundry, storage, or pet fees.

Vacancy Allowance is a reserve for downtime and nonpayment.

Management is usually a percentage of collected rent if using a property manager.

Maintenance Reserve covers ordinary repairs and upkeep.

CapEx Reserve is for larger infrequent replacements like roof, HVAC, windows, or major exterior work.

Cash-on-Cash Return measures annual cash flow divided by total cash invested.

DSCR compares annual NOI to annual debt service.

Max Rental Offer

This works backward from rent and your target return to estimate the most you can pay for a rental.

Target Cash-on-Cash Return is your required return on invested cash.

Target Monthly Cash Flow is an extra monthly profit cushion after expenses and mortgage.

Closing Costs + Initial Repairs can be entered as a fixed amount or a percentage of price when working backward.

Allowed Mortgage Payment is the debt payment the deal can support after expenses and target cash flow.

Max Purchase Calculator

Starts with the rehabbed resale price and backs out costs to show the most you can pay for the property.

Typical: 10–25% of ARV (cosmetic vs. heavy)
Typical: 6–9% all-in
Typical: 4–8 months for standard flips
Includes taxes, insurance, utilities
Typical: 2–4 pts + interest carry
Typical: $30k–$75k+ depending on price point
Typical: 5–10% of rehab

Your Number

A quick answer for how much room there is to buy the property and still hit your target.

Maximum Purchase Price
$0
Net Sale Proceeds
$0
Total Non-Purchase Costs
$0
Selling Costs
$0
Enter your deal assumptions to see your target purchase price.
ARV$0
Less: Selling Costs$0
Less: Rehab$0
Less: Carrying$0
Less: Financing$0
Less: Desired Profit$0
Less: Contingency$0
Maximum Purchase Price$0

Advanced Flip Analyzer

Break out selling costs, financing assumptions, taxes, insurance, utilities, and a repair overrun buffer.

Exit Assumptions
Typical: 4.5–6% total
Typical: 1–3%
Typical: 10–25% of ARV
Typical: 5–15%
Typical: $30k–$75k+ depending on price point
Holding Costs
Typical: 4–8 months
Varies by area; IL often higher
Typical: $100–$200/mo
Typical: $150–$300/mo during rehab
Financing
Typical hard money: 80–90%
Applied to the purchase price estimate in the financing model.
Typical hard money: 10–14%
Typical: 1–3 points

Deal Summary

A more complete underwriting view, including an iterative estimate for financing costs.

Maximum Purchase Price
$0
Estimated Profit Margin
0%
Total Carrying Costs
$0
Estimated Financing Costs
$0
Use this to underwrite a deal before making an offer.
ARV$0
Less: Agent Commission$0
Less: Seller Closing Costs$0
Less: Rehab + Overrun Buffer$0
Less: Carrying Costs$0
Less: Financing Costs$0
Less: Desired Profit$0
Maximum Purchase Price$0

70% Rule Quick Check

A fast investor screen. Use this for quick lead triage before doing a more detailed underwriting pass.

Rule uses rough estimates only
Typical: 65–75% depending on market

Quick Screen

This is not a full underwriting model. It is just a rapid first-pass rule of thumb.

Rule-Based Max Offer
$0
Offer Variance
$0
Compare your planned offer to a simple 70% rule threshold.
ARV × Rule %$0
Less: Rehab$0
Rule-Based Max Offer$0

Rental Calculator

Analyze a buy-and-hold property using rent, operating expenses, financing, and upfront cash invested.

Acquisition
Income
Typical: 5–8% (higher for weaker markets)
Typical: 8–10% of collected rent
Operating Expenses
Rule of thumb: 5–10% of rent
Rule of thumb: 5–10% of rent
Financing

Rental Summary

See the monthly performance, income after expenses, and the return on the cash you put into the deal.

Monthly Cash Flow
$0
Cap Rate
0%
Cash-on-Cash Return
0%
Monthly Mortgage
$0
Annual NOI
$0
DSCR
0.00
Adjust the assumptions to evaluate how strong the rental performance looks.
Gross Monthly Income$0
Less: Vacancy$0
Effective Monthly Income$0
Less: Operating Expenses$0
Monthly NOI$0
Less: Mortgage Payment$0
Monthly Cash Flow$0
Total Cash Invested$0

Max Rental Offer

Work backward from rent and your target return to estimate the most you can pay for a rental property.

Income & Expenses
Typical: 5–8%
Typical: 8–10%
Rule of thumb: 5–10% of rent
Rule of thumb: 5–10% of rent. This is a reserve for large, infrequent items like roof, HVAC, windows, or parking lot work spread over time.
Investment Targets
Typical investor target: 6–12%
Optional cushion beyond return target
Typical conventional investment: 20–25%
Choose method: fixed amount or % of purchase price.
Typical closing costs: about 2–5% of purchase price for lender fees, title, escrow, and recording. Add repairs or make-ready separately into this figure.
Financing

Offer Guidance

This estimates a purchase price where the deal still supports your return goals under the assumptions entered.

Maximum Purchase Price
$0
Monthly NOI
$0
Allowed Mortgage Payment
$0
Required Annual Cash Flow
$0
Estimated Loan Amount
$0
Estimated Cash Invested
$0
Use this as a pricing guide, then confirm with real taxes, rent comps, and lender terms.
Gross Monthly Income$0
Less: Vacancy$0
Effective Monthly Income$0
Less: Operating Expenses$0
Monthly NOI$0
Less: Target Monthly Cash Flow$0
Allowed Mortgage Payment$0
Maximum Purchase Price$0