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Flip profit calculator
Project the profit on a fix and flip the way BrickAtlas Analyst does: after-repair value minus the cost to buy, repair, carry, and sell.
Calculate flip profit
Enter the purchase, rehab, after-repair value, loan, and holding assumptions. Defaults match Analyst: 5 months of hold and selling costs at 8% of ARV. Profit updates as you type.
Deal
Holding costs
Projected profit
$29,834
$285,000 ARV − $255,166 total cost.
- Purchase closing
- $5,550
- Carry (ops)
- $2,083
- Hold interest
- $4,733
- Selling costs
- $22,800
- Cash required
- $93,616
- Flip ROI
- 31.9%
How flip profit is calculated
Profit = ARV − purchase − rehab − closing − carry − loan payments − selling costs
Purchase closing defaults to 3% of the price. Carry is taxes, insurance, HOA, and land or lot rent for the holding months. Loan payments are the purchase mortgage’s principal and interest for those same months, which Analyst labels hold interest. Selling costs default to 8% of ARV. The sample hold is 5 months.
On the sample, projected profit is $29,834 after purchase, rehab, closing, holding costs, loan payments, and selling costs. Flip ROI on $93,616 cash required is 31.9%. Total cost is $255,166.
ROI uses cash required, not the sale
Flip ROI is profit divided by cash required. Cash required is the down payment, rehab, purchase closing, carry, and loan payments. Selling costs reduce profit. They are not cash you bring at the start.
Hold interest is the full payment
The line is the monthly principal-and-interest payment times the holding months, not interest-only. That matches the flip strategy calculator.
The 70% rule is a different ceiling
MAO estimates a purchase price from ARV and rehab. This page takes a purchase price you already have and projects profit. Use both.
What this number doesn’t tell you
Projected profit assumes the ARV, the rehab, and the hold all land where you typed them. Comps, condition, and the market still move the exit. BrickAtlas runs that loop after the screen: persona, metros, listings, then a strategy-aware Investment Memo.
Whether you should buy this high
Profit can look fine on a price the 70% rule would reject. Analyst shows the max allowable offer beside the profit so the ceiling and the projection stay separate.
Keeping it as a rental
A thin flip can still be a BRRRR or a hold if the rent covers the refinance or the purchase loan. The flip profit number will not tell you that.
Whether this market fits
A wide spread in the wrong metro is still the wrong next investment. Explore ranks cities with Atlas Score and persona Match before you underwrite an address.
FAQ
- How does BrickAtlas calculate flip profit?
- Profit is after-repair value minus purchase price, rehab, purchase closing, holding operating costs, loan payments during the hold, and selling costs. Flip ROI divides that profit by the cash required to buy and carry the project.
- What are the default hold and selling costs?
- The flip strategy defaults to a 5 month hold and selling costs of 8% of ARV. Purchase closing defaults to 3% of the purchase price. You can change the hold and the selling-cost percent on this page.
- Is hold interest only the interest?
- The name on the memo is hold interest. The amount is the full principal-and-interest payment on the purchase loan, multiplied by the holding months.
- Does this match the Analyst flip strategy?
- Yes. This page calls the same flip calculator Analyst uses for projected profit, cash required, and flip ROI. It does not invent a second cost stack.
- Where should I go after a flip screen?
- If the profit is interesting, open Analyst on the address for comps, rehab evidence, and a strategy comparison. If you are still choosing a city, start in Explore.
Pressure-test the flip in a memo
Set a flip persona, explore metros that match, and underwrite the address with profit, MAO, and the alternatives side by side.
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