Key things to know
- Financial Analysis works like a draft: changes stay local until you click Save, and closing with unsaved changes prompts you first.
- List Price and Comps share one card, so the asking price, the comps value, and the discount between them read as a single row.
- The Rent card shows the active rent large, with compact Est / S8 / Current toggles. Est stays visible even before you calculate; when Section 8 or Current is in use and there is no estimate yet, that Est toggle shows Calc. The card lists Current or What if, not both.
- Rehab Cost supports three methods: Quick, Scope items, and Quotes.
- On unsaved (Deal Hub/Lookup) properties, click Save to Edit first or edits won’t persist.
The analysis workflow
1
Review photos and map
Toggle between Photos and Map on the image strip at the top. Click
the photo (or the 1 / 15 counter) to open every listing photo in a
scrollable hive, so you can scan the whole set without flipping one by one.
Tap a hive photo to enlarge it, then All photos to return. When a
listing has more than one photo, you can still swipe the strip or tap the
arrows to page through it.
2
Check the valuation
Compare List Price against the Comps value - they share one card so you can
scan them together, with the discount badge (for example 41% under comps) next to
the asking price. Click the Comps side to open the full comps view and adjust
comparable selection - see Comps. Click the list price to see past
price changes.
3
Set rehab and rent
Open Rehab Cost to set the rehab number, and pick the rent source that fits -
estimate, Section 8, or actual current rent.
4
Run the Deal Calculator
The Deal Calculator tile shows live ROI, CoC, and the Max Offer price for the
active mode (switch Rental / Flip right on the tile). Click anywhere on the
tile - Open full calculator - for the full ROI analysis, target prices, and
financing scenarios - see Deal Calculator. On a phone
you can also tap the Deal Calculator button at the top of Financial Analysis.
5
Edit property details if needed
Correct beds, baths, sqft, year built, and other attributes. Changing beds, baths,
square footage, or type makes the next Comps open rebuild the candidate pool and default
selection for those facts - click Apply Comps to save the new set. Rent Comparables
also refresh for the new facts; click Save there to keep the new estimate.
Advanced Info loads county data - taxes, owner, mortgages, construction, and more.
6
Save changes
On desktop, click Save in the Financial Analysis header to persist your analysis
for a property already in your pipeline. Phones omit that extra button; use the Deal
Calculator’s save controls. On any screen, closing the property with unsaved changes
prompts you to Save changes or Discard changes.
Tools in Financial Analysis
Rehab Cost methods
Open Rehab Cost from Financial Analysis to set the rehab number used in ROI. The three methods are mutually exclusive - the active one supplies the total. On a phone the editor is full-screen so the Rehab Cost title and Save bar stay on screen.Quick
Quick
Pick one of three ways to get a single rehab number:
- Fixed - enter a flat dollar amount.
- Percent - a percent of List price or ARV, with a live equation so you can switch the basis and see the calculated total.
- $/ft² - choose a repair type (for example Light or Full gut) and the modal multiplies the property’s square footage by that type’s per-square-foot rate. The known living area is filled in by default, and you can edit the square footage for the deal.
Scope items
Scope items
Pick repair items (roof, kitchen, flooring, and so on), choose a condition level for each
item, set a quantity where there is more than one (for example 2 bathrooms), and review the
calculated cost per group and in total. Catalog items may be priced as Flat, /sqft New bases use the property’s living area unless you type a different
square footage on that row (click Reset to go back). % of scope items such as
Contingency are a percent of the other included items. Use Note on any Scope
row to add or edit a short explanation, including items you pick yourself and items that
are not AI suggestions. Editing a note does not update that deal’s saved price to a newer
organization catalog rate. Use + Add custom item at the bottom of the list
for a one-off repair that is not in the catalog. Custom rows stay on this deal
only and start at $0 so you set the cost. Organization admins configure the
item catalog, condition levels, and pricing under
Advanced Settings > Organization > Rehab.
On a saved Pipeline deal, Save remains unavailable until its saved Rehab
Cost setup finishes loading.
Admins can also pin Quick / Scope / Quotes as the org default from the pin on each method
tab in the Rehab Cost modal.When your organization has AI Estimate enabled, Rehab Cost first searches public listings,
remarks, permits, and news, then reviews your organization’s Scope catalog and up to 15
verified Realtor listing photos. Photos are extra evidence, not a replacement for that
research. Eligible photos are included automatically when you click AI Estimate or
Reset & re-run. There is no separate photo choice. The estimate shows a short research note
from public listings and permits, then photo-backed findings. If a run used photos only,
the panel says so.Some organizations also see an add what you know step before each run. It opens when
you click AI Estimate or Reset & re-run. An Always included box at the top
lists what every run already uses: web research for the address (current listing and agent
remarks, permits, code violations, local news) and up to 15 verified listing photos. Below
it you can type notes (what you saw
or were told: roof age, water stains, seller disclosures), tick which of the property’s
attachments to include, and Add files to upload more. Anything you upload there is
saved to the property’s Attachments. The newest 15 photos are preselected; PDFs such
as inspection reports start unchecked so you choose which ones matter. Each run can use up
to 15 listing photos, 15 of your photos, and five PDFs. Other file types are listed but
cannot be used.
When you upload a PDF or check one that has not been read before, ProPilot starts reading
it in the background right away; the row says “Reading in the background…” and then shows
what the file is (for example “Termite / WDO inspection · 4 condition items”). You do not
have to wait for it: if you start the estimate while a PDF is still being read, the run
waits for that read to finish rather than reading the file twice. Fillable inspection
forms are read from their filled-in fields and checked boxes, and scanned PDFs are read
from the page images, so a report does not need a text layer. Each PDF is read once and
remembered, so re-runs do not pay to read it again. If a read fails, the row says so and
checking the file again retries it.
Your notes, photos, and documents count as first-hand evidence, and a newer photo of yours
outranks an older listing photo when they disagree. Public research still runs every time.
Prices or bids inside a document are ignored; your organization’s Scope pricing sets every
dollar. The property must be saved to your Deal Pipeline before files can be attached; on
an unsaved Deal Hub listing you can still add notes, and the step offers Save to Deal
Pipeline. Afterwards the panel lists Context you added (notes, “Your photo N”, and
each document with its type and how many findings drew on it; anything that could not be
read is struck through). If a document was read but none of its items made it into the
findings, the panel says so and suggests Reset & re-run. Run without context keeps the
one-click behavior.Key findings are grouped by where the evidence came from, strongest first: From your
notes, photos, and documents (when you added context), then Reported in
listings and permits, then Seen in listing photos, then Inferred from property
facts, each with a count. That lets you tell a researched claim from something only
visible in a photo. Short reports that draw on a single source skip the group headers.The estimate maps visible and reported repair levels to Scope items and rates the home on
a six-step scale: Move-in ready (mint, little to no work), Minor (touch-ups and a
few small repairs), Light, Moderate, Heavy, and Full gut. The AI sees each of your
condition levels with its percent and picks the smallest one that covers the work. When
more than one unit needs work, such as two bathrooms, the suggestion comes with that
quantity, up to 10. Default Bathrooms items are capped at the property’s bathroom count
(half baths round up). Default whole-house items like Roof or Windows, and items priced
per square foot of living area, stay at 1. Custom flat-price items can use multiple units.
Contingency and other % of scope items are left
for you to add. Items like HVAC (Full System) and Kitchen (Full Remodel) already
include their parts (Furnace, Air Conditioning, Kitchen Cabinets, and so on). The AI
suggests the full item only when the whole system or kitchen needs replacing, and
suggests the parts otherwise. If it lists both, the estimate keeps whichever alternative
has the higher total using your organization’s prices, combining the supporting notes.
Reset & re-run is the way to generate the estimate again. It clears the current
Scope items and starts a new estimate from scratch. Custom items you added stay.
Reset scope, on the Scope items tab,
clears every Scope item, including custom items, after you confirm. It leaves
the estimate for you to run again yourself. Either clear stays a draft until
you Save.
A checked full item blocks
new component suggestions, and checked components block a competing full-item suggestion.
Your organization’s
saved Scope pricing still calculates every dollar amount; the AI does not create prices.
Suggestions arrive unchecked and marked “AI”, so they never change your total until you
accept them. Check individual rows, use Accept all, or Dismiss the batch. If you select a
full item or one of its parts after the estimate runs, overlapping AI suggestions stay
unchecked and name the included item. Uncheck that item first to accept the alternative.
This is not an
inspection. Review the items, edit the notes, and Save before treating the number as yours.Existing text-only estimates remain valid. If verified listing photos become available
later, the panel invites you to Reset & re-run so those photos are included. It will not run again or spend AI tokens
automatically. If the AI provider cannot read one of your uploaded photos, the run is
retried with the listing photos alone and the panel says your photos could not be read;
the affected photos are struck through under Context you added. If the AI provider cannot read the verified photos, the panel tells you
that the estimate used public text sources only. Generating an estimate does not persist
it; closing the property with an unsaved estimate asks you to Save or Discard.
Quotes
Quotes
Add manual quote rows or import quote files from contractors. Checked quotes count toward
the rehab total, so you can keep alternates on file without inflating the number.Import quote reads every page of a PDF or photo and adds one row per priced line, named
with the quote’s section (for example, “Kitchen - Sink install”). Subtotals, deposits, and
payment milestones are left out. If a quote cannot be read completely, you see an error
instead of partial rows, and the file stays in Attachments.
Rent sources and ROI
The Rent card shows the rent the deal uses, plus compact Est / S8 / Current toggles so you can switch without leaving the card. Estimate stays on that row because it is the market-rent feature; Section 8 is there when HUD already has a number, with no extra fetch. Until you run the market rent estimate, the Est toggle shows Calc - click it to fetch the estimate from comps and make it the active source. The rental ROI uses one rent source at a time:- Estimate - the fetched market rent estimate (range and comps count when available). Open Rent Comparables to review the map, change radius, or click the refresh button to recalculate with the current beds, baths, and size. Save to keep a new estimate.
- Section 8 (HUD) - the HUD-based rent for the area; selected automatically when no usable current rent or market estimate exists.
- Current - the actual rent you entered; typing a current rent selects this source automatically. An empty value means vacant.
- What if - a custom rent you enter for scenario testing.
From Deal Hub or Lookup, click Save to Edit before expecting analysis changes to
persist. Tiles that need it show a “Save to persist” hint.
Common questions
Why did my analysis changes disappear?
Why did my analysis changes disappear?
Either the property isn’t saved to the pipeline yet (use Save to Edit), or you closed
the property and chose Discard changes at the unsaved-changes prompt. Analysis edits
are drafts until you click Save.
Why does the ROI use Section 8 rent instead of my estimate?
Why does the ROI use Section 8 rent instead of my estimate?
When no current rent or market estimate is available, the calculator defaults to
Section 8 (HUD). On the Rent card, click Calculate on the Estimate row to
fetch the market estimate and switch to it, or pick any other source - your explicit
selection always wins and is remembered.
Where does the My Offer number come from?
Where does the My Offer number come from?
From your manual override if you set one, otherwise from the latest offer amount detected
in an outbound SMS or email to the agent. Click the Offer chip in the Deal Calculator
tile footer to view and manage offers.
Why is there already a rehab amount on a deal I just saved?
Why is there already a rehab amount on a deal I just saved?
Your organization may have Auto-apply to new deals enabled in Rehab settings: new
deals without a rehab value get the organization’s Quick estimate applied automatically.
You can change or replace it anytime.
Why are some Advanced Info fields missing?
Why are some Advanced Info fields missing?
Details like exterior wall, roof, garage, or basement come from county assessor
records, and counties vary in what they report - missing fields are simply not on
file for that property. If you fetched Advanced Info for a property a while ago,
newer fields (construction, utilities, liens) appear the next time the data is
fetched for that property.
Why is the last sale price marked as Estimated?
Why is the last sale price marked as Estimated?
In some states (for example Texas), sale prices are not part of the public record. When
that happens, the Advanced Info panel shows the data provider’s best estimate and
labels it Sale Price (Estimated). The actual amount the buyer paid may differ.
Do changed financial presets affect my saved deals?
Do changed financial presets affect my saved deals?
Buying-cost rows inherit your organization’s current presets until you explicitly edit
the costs on that property and mode - after that, your per-deal edits stick. Presets live
in Basic Setup > Financial Presets.