Most people buy an investment property on a feeling and a brochure. The 12 numbers that actually decide whether a deal stacks up take about ten minutes — if you know what they are.
Gross yield & weekly cash position — the 60-second first pass.
Each one takes a minute or two. Together they're the difference between an asset and an expensive lesson. The free checklist walks through every calculation with worked examples.
Annual rent against price. The one-line health check every deal starts with.
What's left after rates, insurance, management and maintenance — the honest version.
What the property puts in — or takes out of — your pocket each week from day one.
Stamp duty, legals, inspections, LMI. The price on the listing is never the price.
Can you still hold it if rates rise 2%? Banks test this — you should too.
What 2–4 weeks empty per year really does to your return.
Under 2% is tight, over 4% is a warning. One number tells you the rental demand story.
How fast comparable properties sell — the market's own opinion of the area.
Ten-year suburb growth against the city average. Past isn't future, but it's evidence.
Rent as a share of your repayment. Below 70%, you're paying to own someone else's home.
What the ATO lets you claim — often thousands a year, often ignored.
Decided before the auction, not during it. The number that saves you from yourself.
Auto-calculating spreadsheets built for Australian investors — enter your numbers, get your answer. No formulas to write, no US templates with the flag swapped.
Rental yield, cash flow, BRRR, subdivision and more — every number from this page, done for you.
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