Cash flow resilience tool

Rental Property Cash Flow Stress Test

Go beyond a simple rent-minus-expenses formula. This calculator shows your base cash flow, stress-test scenarios, break-even rent, annual cash flow, and how resilient the deal looks if vacancy, repairs, or operating costs hit harder than expected.

Base case + stress cases Break-even rent Deal resilience score

Income and payment assumptions

Enter a realistic monthly operating picture for the property.

Monthly rent ($) Expected collected rent when the property is occupied.

Other monthly income ($) Parking, pet rent, storage, laundry, or misc income.

Mortgage payment / month ($) Principal, interest, and escrows if you prefer to keep them together.

Normal vacancy allowance (%) Expected vacancy reserve in a normal year.

Operating costs

These are the costs that usually decide whether a deal is truly safe or too thin.

Property taxes / month ($) Monthly equivalent of annual taxes.

Insurance / month ($) Landlord or dwelling policy.

Management / month ($) Use 0 if self-managing, or enter your expected manager cost.

Maintenance reserve / month ($) Routine repairs and upkeep reserve.

HOA / condo fees / month ($) Association dues or condo fees.

Owner-paid utilities / month ($) Include only utilities paid by the owner.

CapEx reserve / month ($) Longer-cycle items like roof, HVAC, flooring, appliances.

Other monthly costs ($) Pest control, lawn care, software, admin, misc costs.

How to use this stress test

A deal can look fine in a normal month and still be fragile. This tool is built to expose that.

Base case Normal vacancy and current cost assumptions.	—
Vacancy stress What happens if vacancy is worse than expected.	—
Repair shock What one ugly repair month looks like.	—
Break-even rent Minimum monthly income needed to cover modeled costs.	—

Base monthly cash flow

Normal assumptions after all modeled costs

Analyzing resilience

Annual cash flow $0

Break-even rent $0

Vacancy stress cash flow $0

Repair shock month $0

Higher-cost scenario $0

Rent-drop scenario $0

Buffer after fixed costs $0

Vacancy cushion 0.00%

Resilience score 0 / 100

Base case

Normal monthly assumptions with regular vacancy reserve.

Conservative vacancy case

Stress-test the deal with higher vacancy friction.

Repair shock month

How one unpleasant repair month affects the property.

Rent pressure case

What happens if rent comes in below expectation.

Enter your numbers to see how durable this property looks under pressure.

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Monthly breakdown

Rent	$0
Other income	$0
Vacancy reserve	-$0
Mortgage	-$0
Taxes	-$0
Insurance	-$0
Management	-$0
Maintenance reserve	-$0
HOA / condo fees	-$0
Owner-paid utilities	-$0
CapEx reserve	-$0
Other monthly costs	-$0
Base monthly cash flow	$0

Next steps

Use the stress test to screen fragility, then keep moving deeper into the workflow.

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