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Two guided tools for working out what you should be doing, and eight calculators for running the numbers once you know. Everything runs in your browser and every result is shown in full before anything is asked of you.

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About 2 minutes

Which strategy fits you?

Nine questions about your cash, credit, time, and goals. Get a ranked fit across house hacking, buy and hold, BRRRR, short-term rentals, and flipping, with the reasoning shown and the three things to do next.

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About 1 minute

How much money do you need?

Six financing doors priced side by side against your own numbers. See your real cash to close including reserves, which loans are closed to you and why, and how long the gap takes to close.

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House Hacking Calculator

See your real monthly housing cost once the other units' rent is applied, plus cash to close and cashflow if you move out.

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Rental Cashflow Calculator

Enter price, rent, and expenses to see monthly cashflow, cash-on-cash return, cap rate, and DSCR on any rental.

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BRRRR Calculator

Model a Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat deal: how much cash you pull back out, what stays in, and the post-refi cashflow.

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Rent vs Buy Calculator

Compares where you actually end up on both paths, not just the payments, and finds the year buying pulls ahead of renting and investing the difference.

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Home Affordability Calculator

Runs the two debt-to-income ratios a lender runs, then solves backwards for your maximum price and tells you which limit is holding you back.

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DSCR Loan Calculator

See your debt service coverage ratio, the largest loan it supports, and the down payment that implies, before you call a lender.

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Closing Costs Calculator

A line-by-line estimate of lender, title, government, and prepaid costs, so you know your real cash to close and can check the Loan Estimate against it.

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Short-Term Rental Calculator

Model nightly rate, occupancy, turnovers, and platform fees to get cashflow, cash-on-cash, and the breakeven occupancy that shows your real risk.

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Want the numbers behind the numbers?

The calculators tell you whether your deal works. Our research and data studies tell you what normal looks like: the cash needed to buy a first rental in each of the 50 largest metros, and a statistics hub with state-level rents, prices, and taxes. All free to cite, with sources on every figure.

More calculators come with the course

Students get a full toolbox inside the 28-day course: Mortgage, ROI / cash-on-cash, Fix and flip, each with saved scenarios.

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