Deal analyzer

Rental Property Deal Analyzer

One place to underwrite the whole deal: purchase, rehab, financing, rent, vacancy, operating expenses and your own closing costs — with estimated PITIA, DSCR, NOI, cap rate, cash flow, cash-on-cash return and optional refinance proceeds. Every input is your assumption and every output is an illustrative estimate, not an offer or commitment to lend.
Quick answer

How does the rental property deal analyzer work?

Enter purchase price, rehab, loan-to-value, your rate assumption, rent, vacancy, operating expenses and your own closing costs, and the analyzer estimates PITIA, DSCR, NOI, cap rate, cash flow, cash-on-cash return and optional refinance proceeds. Final eligibility, pricing, and terms are subject to a complete application, credit and property review, and full underwriting.

Key takeaways
  • One tool for the whole deal: PITIA, DSCR, NOI, cap rate, cash flow, cash-on-cash and refinance proceeds.
  • Fields start blank — no rate, fee, closing cost, LTV cap or DSCR floor is pre-filled for you.
  • Every figure shown is an estimate for business-purpose investment property financing only — not an offer or commitment to lend.
  • Simply Approved Mortgages is a licensed mortgage broker (NMLS #2620881), licensed for residential lending in Florida and Colorado and arranging business-purpose investor loans across our approved 37-jurisdiction footprint.

1. Acquisition

2. Financing assumptions

Estimated loan amount under these assumptions: $0 (0.0% of price). Availability of any rate, term or payment structure varies by lender, program and scenario.

3. Income

4. Operating expenses

5. Optional refinance / exit assumptions

Methodology and assumptions

Every formula here comes from the same shared math module used by our standalone calculators, so the DSCR, PITIA, LTV and refinance figures match tool to tool.

  • Loan amount = purchase price × the loan-to-value you enter. Down payment is the remainder of the price.
  • Estimated PITIA = principal and interest (amortizing, or interest-only if you select it) + monthly taxes + monthly insurance + association dues.
  • DSCR = gross monthly rent ÷ estimated PITIA.
  • Effective gross income = (rent + other income) − your vacancy assumption. NOI = effective gross income − operating expenses (taxes, insurance, dues, management, maintenance, utilities/other). NOI excludes debt service.
  • Cap rate = annual NOI ÷ (purchase price + rehab). Cash flow = NOI − principal and interest.
  • Cash invested = down payment + rehab + the closing costs you enter. Cash-on-cash = annual cash flow ÷ cash invested.
  • Refinance scenario: payoff balance is amortized to the end of your hold period (unchanged if interest-only), the new loan is your entered value × your entered loan-to-value, and net proceeds subtract the refinance closing costs you enter.
  • No rate, fee, closing cost, loan-to-value cap, DSCR floor, or eligibility rule is supplied by this tool. Fields start blank or at zero, and any rate you type is an assumption unless it came from our live pricing tool.

Outputs are illustrative estimates for business-purpose, non-owner-occupied investment property financing. They are not an eligibility determination, pre-qualification, approval, rate lock, or commitment to lend. Full assumptions and limitations for every tool on this site are documented in our calculator methodology.

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Pricing responses returned for a sample business-purpose DSCR scenario on non-owner-occupied investment property, including rate, points or lender credit, and estimated principal and interest from the same quote. Pricing changes intraday and is not a loan approval, commitment, or guarantee of financing.

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The three cards above are featured examples from the current snapshot. Enter your own property, credit tier, leverage and rent to see every eligible option for your deal.

Rate & Pricing Disclosure: This quote is an indication for the scenario entered and the pricing available at the time shown. Rates and terms are subject to change without notice and may change or may not be available at commitment or closing. This is not a rate lock, loan approval, commitment to lend or offer of credit. APR reflects applicable borrower-paid finance charges and pricing credits for this quote and may be the APR returned with the quote or our own audited calculation where verified borrower-paid finance charges outside the quoted price apply. Additional lender and third-party costs may apply and may not be included in the APR. Payment shown is principal and interest only and excludes taxes, insurance, HOA dues and other applicable costs, so your actual payment will be higher. Simply Approved Mortgages LLC is a mortgage broker, not the funding lender. Business-purpose, non-owner-occupied investment property only. Equal Housing Opportunity.

APR reflects applicable borrower-paid finance charges and pricing credits for this quote. Depending on the option, the APR shown is either the APR returned with that quote or our own audited calculation, used where verified borrower-paid finance charges outside the quoted price apply. Other lender and third-party costs may apply and may not be included in the APR.

Estimated payment is principal and interest only and does not include property taxes, insurance, HOA dues, flood insurance, escrows or other applicable costs.

Deal analyzer FAQ

What the analyzer does, what it does not do, and how to read it.

What does the rental property deal analyzer calculate?

It takes one set of inputs — purchase price, rehab, loan sizing, rate and term, rent, vacancy, operating expenses and the closing costs you enter — and returns estimated PITIA and debt service, DSCR, NOI, cap rate, monthly and annual cash flow, cash invested, cash-on-cash return, LTV, and the rent required to reach the DSCR you select. If you add refinance or exit assumptions, it also estimates refinance proceeds, equity and the cash left in the deal. Every figure is an illustrative estimate, not an offer of credit.

Where do the rate, fees and closing costs come from?

From you. This tool does not source or publish any rate, fee, closing cost, lender threshold or program eligibility rule. Any rate you type is treated as an assumption unless you copied it from our live pricing tool, and closing costs are whatever dollar figure you enter. Actual pricing and costs are established only after a complete application and full underwriting.

How is DSCR calculated here?

DSCR is gross monthly rent divided by estimated PITIA — principal and interest, plus monthly taxes, insurance and any association dues. That is the same formula used by our standalone DSCR calculator, because both read from the same shared math module. Individual lenders and programs may compute or adjust the ratio differently.

How is NOI different from cash flow in this analyzer?

NOI is effective gross income (rent and other income, less your vacancy assumption) minus operating expenses — taxes, insurance, association dues, management, maintenance and utilities or other operating costs. It excludes debt service. Cash flow subtracts the loan payment from NOI, so it reflects what is left after financing.

Does this tell me whether I qualify or how much I am approved for?

No. Nothing here is an eligibility determination, pre-qualification, approval, rate lock, or commitment to lend. The outputs describe the scenario you entered under the assumptions you entered. Eligibility, pricing and terms are subject to a complete application, credit and property review, appraisal where required, and full underwriting.

Should I use interest-only or amortizing in the analyzer?

Model whichever structure you are actually considering, and try both. Interest-only lowers the monthly payment, which raises modeled DSCR and year-one cash flow while leaving the balance unchanged. Amortizing pays the balance down, which matters if your exit assumes a refinance or sale. Availability of any structure varies by lender and program.

What should I enter for vacancy, management and maintenance?

Use figures grounded in your own submarket data and management agreement rather than a generic default. Because these expenses reduce NOI directly, changing them by a couple of percentage points can move cap rate and cash-on-cash materially. There is no preset here that claims to be typical.

How does the refinance and exit section work?

Enter the value you expect at refinance, the loan-to-value and rate/term you want to test, the refinance closing costs you expect, and how long you plan to hold. The analyzer estimates the payoff balance at that point, the new loan amount, gross and net proceeds, equity remaining, the new payment and DSCR, and the cash left in the deal with the resulting cash-on-cash return.

Can I share or save a scenario?

Yes. The share bar produces a link that encodes only the scenario numbers — no name, email, phone or address is ever included — plus a copy-and-paste summary of the key figures for an email or deal memo.

Is this tool for owner-occupied homes?

No. It is built for business-purpose, non-owner-occupied investment property financing. Simply Approved Mortgages is a licensed mortgage broker (NMLS #2620881) and arranges business-purpose investor financing across its approved footprint, with residential consumer lending licensed in Florida and Colorado.

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How We Evaluate This Scenario

A DSCR file is judged on the property, not your tax returns: qualifying rent divided by PITIA — principal, interest, taxes, insurance, plus HOA and flood where they apply. Most programs use the lesser of the in-place lease rent and the appraiser's market rent, so a lease signed below market usually caps the ratio no matter how strong the comps look.

Three inputs move the outcome more than anything else: rent support on the appraiser's rent schedule (Form 1007 or 1025), the LTV tier, and the credit tier. Dropping leverage by five points or moving up a FICO band frequently changes pricing more than shopping a different lender does.

Before you write an offer, price taxes and insurance at post-sale levels rather than the seller's current bill. In reassess-on-transfer states and in coastal insurance markets, that single adjustment is the most common reason a deal that penciled at contract fails the ratio at underwriting.

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Pick the loan type that fits your deal and complete a short, tailored pre-qualification. A licensed loan officer follows up with an initial scenario review once we have your credit authorization and supporting documents — usually the same business day. Formal pricing and terms follow underwriting.

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The form below is tailored to DSCR rental loan — only the questions your program needs.

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Your deal
Your deal — the basics

Purchase or refinance a rental. The property's rent qualifies the loan.

What's your goal?
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Down payment (%)20%
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Monthly rent ($)$2,800
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