The Cash-Flow Deal Analyst : How to Know Whether a Real Estate Deal Makes Money Before You Buy It
Overview
A property is not a deal until it becomes a file.
A rental listing can look profitable while hiding weak cash flow. A seller agrees to creative terms, so somebody decides the terms must be good. A lender says the property qualifies, so somebody decides it must cash flow. Then reality arrives after closing. The Cash-Flow Deal Analyst teaches you to turn any one-to-four-unit opportunity into a file with inputs, sources, assumptions, risks, and more than one exit, and to reach a decision you can defend in about thirty minutes.
Written as a working book with a worked example in every chapter, it covers:
- The language of a deal - the five inputs that decide everything, why NOI is not cash flow, cap rate and cash-on-cash and when each lies, DSCR, LTV, LTC, and the time-value tools you actually need
- Strategy-specific underwrites - the long-term rental, the flip, BRRRR, wholesale fee versus keep math, creative terms on the same asset, and small-multifamily extras
- Risk and decision - hidden killers, three exits or no offer, and the 30-minute file
- The Deal Lab - eight imperfect case files and a scorecard, so you practice before money is at stake
- Fifteen worksheets - underwriting sheet, rent comp grid, rehab scope, operating budget, flip P&L, BRRRR capital-recycle sheet, decision memo, formula sheet, and glossary
Four decision labels keep you honest: pass, negotiate, investigate, or proceed to due diligence. No guaranteed returns. No hype. Just the discipline to make the numbers tell the truth before the property tells you a story.
Book 2 of the Progressive Real Estate Wealth Series. Book 1, The Capital-Ready Investor, covers becoming ready before you chase property.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798162280019
- ISBN-10: 9798162280019
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: October 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.57 pounds
- Page Count: 188
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