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The price basis decides which price every other number in the Deal Calculator is built on. Open a property, then in Financial Analysis click the Deal Calculator card.
Key things to know
  • Rental and Flip are separate analyses: each mode remembers its own targets, forecast, and inputs.
  • Max Offer (Target) flips the question around: instead of returns at a price, it solves the most you can pay for the return you want. Financing never affects that price.
  • Rent sources: Current (actual rent), Est. (market estimate), Section 8 (HUD rent for the area), and What if (your number). Entering a Current Rent auto-selects Current.
  • In Flip mode the rent source is grayed out - rent plays no role in flip math.
1

Open the calculator

In the property’s Financial Analysis, click the Deal Calculator card. The card shows a snapshot of the current analysis; the modal opens the full editor.
2

Pick a mode

Toggle Rental / Flip in the header. KPI cards, panels, and targets all switch with the mode, and each mode keeps its own values. Admins can click the pin next to the toggle to make the selected mode the organization default for new analyses.
3

Choose the price basis

Use the segmented control to pick List, What if, or Offer, or click Max Offer (Target) in its own panel to the right. The selected price flows into every cost, financing, and return calculation. Admins can click the pin on the Price Basis card to lock that choice as the organization default.
4

Set ARV and rent sources

For flips and sale scenarios pick the ARV source; for rentals pick the Rent Source. Both update the outputs immediately.

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Pinning organization defaults

Next to the Rental / Flip toggle and on the Price Basis card, a pin icon lets admins set the organization default without leaving the calculator:
  1. Select the mode or price basis you want.
  2. Click the pin. A short panel explains what will change.
  3. Confirm with Pin …. The pin fills when that choice is already the default.
Only List and Max Offer (Target) can be pinned as the default price basis - the pin hides while Offer or What if is selected, since those are per-deal choices. Pinned defaults apply only to new analyses with no saved mode or price basis. Properties that already have a saved analysis keep their own choice. Non-admins can open the pin for details but cannot change the default. Default mode and price basis are managed only from these pins, and default ROI targets from the gear icon in the Max Offer (Target) panel - none of these live on a settings page.

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Price basis options

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How Max Offer (Target) works

With Max Offer (Target) selected, you enter the return you want and ProPilot solves for the most you can pay:
  • Flip: set a target ROI percent or toggle to a target Profit in dollars. The solve accounts for rehab, buying costs, holding costs, and selling costs.
  • Rental: set a target annual ROI percent (rentals are percent-only). The solve accounts for monthly expenses, rehab, and buying costs, and ignores “Planning to Sell”.
Scenarios come in two flavors, explained in the info tooltip next to the Max Offer panel: Financing is excluded from every Max Offer solve - loan payments and loan closing costs never move the price. Each mode’s ROI/profit values (and the percent-or-dollar choice) persist independently, so your flip settings survive switching to Rental and back. Admins set the default ROI target values with the gear icon in the Max Offer (Target) panel.

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ARV source

For flips, refinance scenarios, and rentals with “Planning to Sell” enabled, pick where the after-repair value comes from:

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Rent source

For rentals, pick which rent drives income, cash flow, and percent-based expenses: Switching sources:
1

Open the Rent Source control

In Rental mode, find Rent Source near the Price Basis and ARV selectors.
2

Pick the source

Click Current, Est., Section 8, or What if. The rent value below the control updates, and all rental outputs recalculate.
3

For What if, type the rent

Enter a monthly dollar amount; everything recalculates as you type.
A few automatic behaviors worth knowing:
  • Entering a Current Rent auto-selects Current as the rent source.
  • Marking the property vacant switches the source to Est.
  • If your saved source has no data on a property (for example no estimate), the calculator falls back to the best available source instead of showing a blank.

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About Section 8 rent

Section 8 rent comes from HUD Fair Market Rent data. ProPilot uses the ZIP-level Small Area rent for the property’s ZIP code when available, and falls back to the county or metro-level rent otherwise. The rate is matched to the property’s bedroom count (studio through four bedrooms; larger homes use the four-bedroom rate) for the current HUD fiscal year.

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Common questions

Add a My Offer amount on the property first. The Offer basis activates once an offer exists.
Set your ROI percent (or profit for flips) and make sure the inputs the solver needs are valid: ARV for flips, rent and expenses for rentals. The price fills in as soon as the solve has what it needs.
Max Offer solving intentionally excludes financing, including loan closing costs. Only property-level inputs (rehab, buying costs, expenses, ARV, rent) move the price.
On some properties the saved rent source is unavailable (for example no rent estimate exists), so the calculator falls back to the best source with data - which can be Section 8 when HUD rent is the only rent available. Pick a different source to override it.
Current requires the property to be marked Occupied with a Current Rent value. Enter the rent and it auto-selects.
You are in Flip mode. Rent has no effect on flip math, so the control is locked until you switch to Rental.
No. It is HUD’s published Fair Market Rent for the area and bedroom count - a strong underwriting reference, but actual approved rents are determined by the local housing authority for each lease.