House Flipping Calculator
A house flipping calculator estimates a flip scenario by subtracting purchase price, rehab cost, holding costs, selling costs, and financing costs from ARV. Use it as a real estate flip calculator to pressure-test assumptions before you analyze the full deal in DealSharp.
Estimates are based on your inputs and assumptions. DealSharp does not provide financial, investment, legal, tax, or lending advice.
Run the number, then pressure-test the assumptions.
A house flipping calculator estimates a flip scenario by subtracting purchase price, rehab cost, holding costs, selling costs, and financing costs from ARV. Use it as a real estate flip calculator to pressure-test assumptions before you analyze the full deal in DealSharp.
Use this page to understand the metric directionally, then compare it against financing, reserves, repair risk, cash flow, and your own constraints.
Use this working calculator as a starting point, then run the full deal in DealSharp when you need more inputs, side-by-side scenarios, and risk context.
Estimated flip profit = ARV - purchase price - rehab cost - holding costs - selling costs - financing costs; ROI estimate = estimated flip profit / cash invested
Worked example: if ARV is $300,000, purchase price is $200,000, rehab cost is $45,000, holding costs are $8,000, selling costs are $24,000, and financing costs are $6,000, the profit estimate is $17,000. If cash invested is $65,000, the ROI estimate is about 26.2%.
Assumptions
House flip scenario
Estimated outputs
Scenario snapshot
Scenario estimate based on the inputs shown here. Use the full DealSharp app to compare financing, repairs, vacancy, cash flow, and risk assumptions before deciding.
How to read this number
The useful move is not treating one number as a final answer. Use it to decide which assumptions deserve more review, then compare the result against cash flow, financing, reserves, repair risk, and your own constraints.
Inputs required
- Purchase price input for the property acquisition assumption.
- Rehab cost input for labor, materials, permits, cleanup, and contingency.
- ARV input for the estimated after repair value from comparable sales.
- Holding costs input for taxes, insurance, utilities, HOA, and time-related costs.
- Selling costs input for agent commissions, seller closing costs, and resale expenses.
- Financing costs input for points, interest, origination, and loan-related costs.
Outputs explained
- Profit estimate based on the ARV and modeled cost inputs.
- ROI estimate based on estimated flip profit divided by cash invested.
- Plain-English context for assumptions, limitations, and next review steps.
Assumptions to review
- ARV comes from current, relevant comparable sales and may change before resale.
- Rehab cost includes a realistic contingency for scope changes, permits, and delays.
- Holding, selling, and financing costs are estimates supplied by the user and should be checked against source documents.
- DealSharp provides scenario modeling only and does not provide financial, investment, legal, lending, tax, or accounting advice.
What this tells you
- The profit estimate shows how much room remains after major modeled flip costs.
- The ROI estimate helps compare the result to the cash invested under the same assumptions.
- A home flipping calculator is most useful when ARV, rehab, time, selling costs, and financing costs are changed to test sensitivity.
What this does not tell you
- It does not confirm ARV, sale price, contractor performance, permit timing, buyer demand, or resale timeline.
- It does not account for every legal, tax, financing, insurance, title, or market risk.
- It does not replace a full deal review, inspection, contractor bid, financing quote, or professional advice.
Common mistakes
- Using a flipper calculator without selling costs and agent commissions.
- Treating best-case ARV as the only resale scenario instead of checking conservative comps.
- Leaving out financing costs such as points, interest, origination, and extension costs.
- Underestimating holding costs when rehab, permits, or resale take longer than planned.
- Comparing two flips without using the same cash invested definition for ROI estimate.
FAQ
What is a house flipping calculator?
A house flipping calculator is a model for purchase price, rehab cost, ARV, holding costs, selling costs, financing costs, profit estimate, and ROI estimate. It helps compare scenarios from your inputs.
What is ARV in a real estate flip calculator?
ARV means after repair value, or estimated property value after the planned rehab is complete. It should be checked against recent comparable sales and current market conditions.
What costs should a house flipping cost calculator include?
Include purchase price, rehab, permits, contingency, holding costs, selling costs, financing costs, taxes, insurance, utilities, and any closing costs that apply to your scenario.
Can this flip calculator decide whether to make an offer?
No. It estimates a scenario from inputs. Comps, bids, financing, taxes, title, inspections, timeline, and market risk still need review before any decision.
Run the full deal before deciding
This page helps with one metric or workflow. DealSharp is built for full real estate deal analysis: assumptions, financing, cash flow, repair scenarios, DSCR, cap rate, and risk flags based on your inputs.
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DealSharp provides calculation and scenario-modeling tools for informational purposes only. Outputs are estimates based on your inputs and assumptions. DealSharp does not provide financial, investment, legal, lending, tax, or accounting advice. Verify important decisions with qualified professionals.