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Real estate investing

Tools for evaluating rentals: single-deal cash flow, DSCR qualification, BRRRR cycle math, multi-year projections, and full-portfolio aggregation.

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Concepts at a glance

Cap rate
NOI ÷ purchase price. A property's unlevered yield.
Cash-on-cash
Annual cash flow ÷ total cash invested. Levered yield, year one.
DSCR
NOI ÷ debt service. Lenders use 1.0 minimum, prefer 1.25+.
ARV
After-repair value. The market value once the rehab is finished.
BRRRR
Buy → Rehab → Rent → Refinance → Repeat. Recycles capital across deals.
NOI
Net operating income. Effective rent minus operating expenses, before debt service.