Getting Started
Set your buy box so the verdict is yours
Updated 2026-07-02
Two investors can look at the same deal and disagree, because they're buying for different reasons. In Settings → Thresholds, you encode your standards as a "buy box," and every verdict is measured against it.
Try it 0/1
- Change your DSCR minimum and watch the deal re-grade
See it? Same deal, different verdict: because the buy box is yours.
DSCR: minimum (good ≥)
Good if ≥ 1.25
This deal's DSCR
DSCR
1.28
What you can tune
You set the good / workable / bad ranges for the metrics that decide a deal:
- Rent-to-price ratio, DSCR, break-even occupancy
- Cash flow per door (separate targets for single-family vs. small multifamily)
- Percent of ARV, cash-on-cash, IRR, and cap rate
BuyBox ships with sensible defaults, so you can analyze immediately and tighten them as your strategy sharpens.
What your thresholds drive
Your buy box isn't cosmetic. It controls three things at once: the colors on every metric, the Risk Flags that name what's failing, and the Deal Score + verdict. Set it once, and every future analysis is judged by your rules. See it in action in Reading your verdict.
Related
Reading your deal verdict, score, and risk flags
What the Deal Score, the STRONG DEAL / SOLID DEAL / NEEDS WORK / HIGH RISK verdict, and the Risk Flags mean, and how to see the math behind every number.
Cap Rate: the unlevered yield
Cap rate is a property's yield ignoring financing, useful for comparing deals and for pricing a future sale.
What is DSCR, and why do lenders care?
DSCR measures whether a property earns enough to cover its own mortgage. It's the number lenders use to decide whether (and how much) they'll lend.