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Rental property calculator — with the math showing.

Enter a deal and watch the underwrite happen: income to NOI, financing to cash flow, and the return ratios lenders ask about — each with its derivation in the open. No signup, no login wall.

Your numbers
Monthly cash flow
$189.00
after vacancy, opex & debt service
Cap rate (on purchase)
7.3%
Cash-on-cash
3.9%
annual cash flow ÷ cash invested
DSCR
1.14
lenders usually want ≥ 1.2
Income → NOI
Gross annual rent$28,800
− Vacancy loss−$1,440
= Effective gross income$27,360
− Operating expenses−$9,125
ResultNOI $18,235 / yr
NOI → cash flow
NOI$18,235
− Debt service ($1,330.60 × 12)−$15,967
= Annual cash flow$2,268
Result$189.00 / month
Cash-on-cash
Annual cash flow$2,268
÷ Cash invested (down $50,000 + closing $7,500)$57,500
Result3.9%

Every figure above is computed by the same audited engine that powers BuyBox — audited against industry-standard real-estate math. Estimates, not investment advice.

This is one metric. BuyBox runs the whole underwrite — verdict in about 30 seconds.

How this rental property calculator works

The underwrite runs in the standard order: gross rent, minus a vacancy allowance, gives effective gross income; subtracting operating expenses (management, repairs, capital-expenditure reserves, insurance, taxes) gives NOI — the property's earning power before financing. Debt service then turns NOI into cash flow, and the ratios — cap rate, cash-on-cash, DSCR — express that result against price, cash invested, and debt.

Two honest notes. First, the output is only as good as the rent and expense assumptions you enter — this page doesn't look up rents or taxes for you. Second, percentage reserves are a screening convention; a real underwrite itemizes. The full walkthrough of every step lives in how to analyze a rental property.

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