🧮 Investment Action Playbook
Returns Calculator: Cap Rate / ROI / Cash Flow
Answer 5 questions to get a 5-category returns checklist: core metrics, cash-flow calculation steps, Cap Rate in practice, ROI comparison, and common mistakes — one consistent model across every candidate.
Whether a deal works depends on the ruler you use. Cap Rate measures operating income against price, ROI measures return on your money, cash flow measures the monthly pocket. The BQ framework: GSI → GOI → NOI → minus debt service → pre-tax cash flow.
- Model every candidate on the same sheet with the same definitions
- Financed and all-cash returns are different lenses — state your financing first
- Save results and link with the Investment Basics and Rent Estimator playbooks