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Investor Tools

Sep 5, 2026

Free Real Estate Investor Tools: Calculators and Reference

Two calculators that price what listing sites leave out, a 40-term glossary, and the explainers behind the numbers. All free, nothing gated.

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DSCR Calculator for Rental Property: What Lenders Count and What They Don't

Investor Tools

Sep 4, 2026

DSCR Calculator for Rental Property: What Lenders Count and What They Don't

Gross rent over PITIA is what gets the loan approved. The four reserves it ignores are what you live on.

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Fix and Flip Calculator: The Costs the 70% Rule Leaves Out

Investor Tools

Sep 4, 2026

Fix and Flip Calculator: The Costs the 70% Rule Leaves Out

A fix-and-flip calculator that counts the money and the calendar, not just the purchase and the paint.

The Deed Brief Editorial Team

Rents Are Rising Again. What Rent Growth Rate Should Investors Actually Use?

Housing Market

Sep 1, 2026

Rents Are Rising Again. What Rent Growth Rate Should Investors Actually Use?

Rents rose for a seventh straight month, and August did not dip for the first time since 2022. Here's the rent growth number to actually use.

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How to Tell If a Seller Can Actually Afford to Give You a Concession

Buyer Leverage

Aug 25, 2026

How to Tell If a Seller Can Actually Afford to Give You a Concession

Home equity just hit a five-year low. Here's how to tell which sellers can still fund your concession, before you write the offer.

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Real Estate Investing

Aug 18, 2026

Gen Z's top states lost $27.8 billion

U-Haul's midyear map is out, and it disagrees with the IRS. Here's which one to underwrite against.

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Buyer Leverage

Aug 11, 2026

Ask the wrong way, lose $99 a month

Inventory fell again, even with half a million more sellers than buyers. Here's where the leverage actually went.

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Real Estate Investing

Aug 4, 2026

The refinance that costs you 7 years

The Fed held, three officials voted to hike, and the 10-year hit 4.75%. Here's what that does to your next offer.

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Real Estate Investing

Jul 28, 2026

Your flip loan isn't priced on you.

Flip returns just rose for the first time in seven quarters. The financing is what decides whether yours survives.

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Free Real Estate Investor Tools: Calculators and Reference

DSCR Calculator for Rental Property: What Lenders Count and What They Don't

Fix and Flip Calculator: The Costs the 70% Rule Leaves Out

Rents Are Rising Again. What Rent Growth Rate Should Investors Actually Use?

How to Tell If a Seller Can Actually Afford to Give You a Concession

Gen Z's top states lost $27.8 billion

Ask the wrong way, lose $99 a month

The refinance that costs you 7 years

Your flip loan isn't priced on you.

The Deed Brief

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