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Real Estate IRR Calculator

Find an annual internal rate of return from rental cash flows and a sale.

By Calculate My Property EditorialUpdated September 30, 2026Professional review pending
01 / Your inputs

Start with your property.

Property1 inputs
USD
Use the agreed purchase price, excluding closing costs.
Acquisition2 inputs
USD
Cash fees paid at acquisition; do not include the down payment.
USD
Include materials, labor, permits and a contingency.
Income4 inputs
USD / month
Use rent for one unit; enter other income separately.
units
Rent above is per unit.
USD / year
Parking, laundry or other recurring revenue.
%
Apply to scheduled gross income; include credit loss.
Operating expenses8 inputs
USD / year
Use the expected post-purchase bill, including reassessment.
USD / year
Property and landlord cover, not mortgage insurance.
%
Charged against collected income in this model.
%
Routine repairs as a share of collected income.
%
Future roofs and replacements. Deducted after NOI.
USD / year
Include only owner-paid dues.
USD / year
Exclude amounts paid directly by tenants.
USD / year
Legal, accounting, licensing and other recurring costs.
Financing5 inputs
%
Loan amount as a share of purchase price.
%
Contract note rate; fees and points are entered separately.
years
Remaining amortization period, not a balloon maturity.
%
One point equals 1% of loan principal.
Projection4 inputs
years
Cash flows occur at year end; sale happens in the final year.
%
Scenario assumption, not a price forecast.
%
Net income and reserves grow at the same assumed rate.
%
Selling expenses as a share of future sale price.
All amounts in USD.
Your estimate

Annual IRR

3.72%Based on your inputs · USD
Cash on cash return
-4.79%
Annual IRR
3.72%
Net sale equity
$134,306
See the breakdown
Scheduled gross income
$28,800
Vacancy / credit loss
$1,440
Operating expenses
$9,557
Net operating income
$17,803
Annual debt service
$20,957
Capital reserve
$1,368
Annual cash flow
-$4,522
The formula

Discount rate where net present value of cash flows is zero

Assumptions & limitations (2)
  • Illustrative, pre-tax analysis. Capital reserves are deducted after NOI. Operating percentages apply to collected income.
  • Annual year-end cash flows; one sale at the end of the hold. IRR may be unavailable or non-unique for unconventional cash flows.
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The detail

Your calculation table

6 rows · full data in CSV
YearOperating cash flowNet sale equityTotal cash flow
0-94,5000-94,500
1-4,521.830-4,521.83
2-4,193.120-4,193.12
3-3,857.850-3,857.85
4-3,515.860-3,515.86
5-3,167.04134,305.75131,138.71
Worked example

Follow the default numbers.

With purchase price of $350,000, monthly rent of $2,400, the model gives annual irr: 3.72%.

The formula is discount rate where net present value of cash flows is zero. Open the breakdown to trace expenses and assumptions. Change one input at a time to see how your decision changes. This example uses scenario inputs; it is not an offer, tax bill, appraisal or legal determination.

IRR is a timing-sensitive return

The calculator uses the shared rental model to produce an initial negative cash investment, annual operating cash flows and a final sale. A bisection solver finds the annual discount rate that makes their net present value zero. The computation is for evenly spaced annual cash flows. Transactions on irregular dates require an XIRR model, which this tool does not claim to provide.

Review cash flows before the percentage

The table makes the underlying cash stream visible. Sale equity can dominate the return, so a small appreciation change may move IRR considerably. No meaningful result is shown when the modeled stream lacks both a positive and a negative flow. Nonconventional flows can admit more than one root; use NPV and the full schedule when that situation matters.

Keep your assumptions with the result

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