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Updated almost 3 years ago,
How is "Profit if sold" figured on the Rental Property calculator
I'm trying to understand how the Rental Property calculator's "Profit if sold" figures are calculated. I'm talking about this:
I'm doing this to try to understand the assumptions built into this particular calculator, but also just to understand how this calculation can generally be figured. I saw a reference to another post from some time ago that this calculation is: (Property value * (1 - cost of selling)) - remaining loan balance - cost to buy (e.g. downpayment + closing costs) + cash flow. But I can't quite get this to work out. I.e. for the above in Year 2, say, I do (with closing costs of 25960):
(747000 * 0.925) - 534322 - 25960 - (17696 + 16958 + 16193) = 79846
The chart above shows a value of -$6k for the profit if sold in year two. I'm obviously not understanding very well what goes into this value but I would really like to understand how it is calculated.
Does anyone know how this figure really works?