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Rental Yield Calculator

Calculate basis-preserving gross and after-entered-cost rental yields from documented rent, recurring-cost and price/value records without market ratings or advice.

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Inputs that matter
One currency label, one documented rent record with source basis and monthly/annual period, one documented recurring-cost record with basis and period, and one positive price/value amount with its basis
Output to expect
Basis-preserving gross and after-entered-cost arithmetic yields with annualized amounts, selected periods and all three source bases kept visible
How it works
Annualize monthly amounts by exactly 12, retain annual amounts as entered, then divide rent and rent minus entered recurring costs by the selected price/value amount; no missing cost, vacancy or market assumption is added
  • Reconcile the exact property scope, rent documentation, collection/vacancy treatment, cost coverage, recurring versus capital items, financing, tax treatment, record dates and value basis before comparing records.
  • Use qualified property-management, appraisal, underwriting, accounting, legal, tax and investment review for forecasts, NOI, cash flow, value, risk and transaction decisions; these arithmetic yields approve none of them.

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Calculate auditable gross and after-entered-cost rental-yield records while preserving rent, recurring-cost and price/value bases and periods without supplying a market or investment verdict.

Owner reviewing collected rent

Keep a trailing rent record separate from an asking rent or forecast and avoid an assumed vacancy factor.

Select trailing collected rent, its actual monthly or annual period, the reviewed recurring-cost record and one documented price/value basis.

Gets traceable annualized amounts and two arithmetic ratios without the result being labeled complete NOI or cash flow.

Buyer recording a current lease

Compare one lease-supported rent record with entered recurring costs without silently adding or omitting acquisition items.

Select current contract/lease rent, preserve its period, identify the cost-record source and explicitly choose the acquisition/offer denominator.

The CSV retains every source choice and states that after-entered-cost yield is not a completeness or investment conclusion.

Reviewer checking a forward scenario

Prevent forecast rent, budgeted costs and current value from being presented as verified history.

Create a separate reviewed-forward/current-budget/current-value record and reconcile it outside the calculator before comparison.

The basis labels remain visible and the tool refuses market benchmarks, appraisal, financing, tax and recommendation claims.

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Reference & details

How it works

Annualize only the selected rent record

The selected source remains visible as trailing collected, current contract/lease or reviewed forward rent. The tool adds no occupancy, vacancy, collection, concession, renewal or market-rent assumption.

Annualized rent = entered rent × 12 when Monthly; otherwise entered annual rent

Preserve the recurring-cost record

The entered basis identifies trailing recorded, reviewed current-budget or another reviewed cost record. The calculator does not decide which operating, capital, financing or tax items belong in that amount and never calls it complete expenses.

Annualized entered costs = entered recurring costs × 12 when Monthly; otherwise entered annual costs

Calculate two basis-preserving ratios

The denominator remains explicitly labeled acquisition/offer price, documented current value or another documented value basis. Neither result is NOI, taxable income, cash flow, total return, appraisal or an investment rating.

Gross yield = annualized rent ÷ value × 100; after-entered-cost yield = (annualized rent − annualized entered costs) ÷ value × 100

Updated: August 2026

Example Scenarios

USD 2,200 monthly contract/lease rent annualizes to USD 26,400. With USD 6,000 annual trailing recorded recurring costs and a USD 300,000 acquisition/offer price, gross yield is 8.80% and after-entered-cost yield is 6.80%.

Choose Annual for a reviewed trailing rent or cost total. The tool uses each amount once and does not multiply it by 12 or reinterpret its accounting coverage.

When annualized entered recurring costs exceed annualized rent, the after-entered-cost yield remains negative and visible. The result does not diagnose the property, validate the records or recommend a decision.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Mixing periods or undocumented rent and cost bases

Keep monthly and annual periods explicit, preserve whether each record is trailing, current contract/budget or forward, and reconcile scope and dates before comparison.

Treating after-entered-cost yield as complete performance

Review vacancy, collections, recurring expenses, capital items, financing, taxes, condition, leases, value evidence and risk separately; this ratio supplies no investment verdict.

FAQ

No. A consequential comparison depends on current local evidence, property condition and scope, leases, occupancy, collections, expenses, capital needs, financing, taxes, value date, risk and objectives. The tool supplies no market threshold or quality label.

The calculator cannot know whether the entered recurring-cost record includes every relevant operating item or excludes financing, capital and tax items consistently. It therefore says after-entered-cost yield and preserves the selected cost basis.

Use the exact denominator required by the reviewed comparison and label it honestly. Acquisition/offer price, documented current value and other bases are not interchangeable; retain the source and date outside the calculator.

No. Monthly is multiplied by exactly 12 as arithmetic only. It does not validate occupancy, collections, concessions, renewals, seasonality, market rent or future performance.

No. It does not determine taxable rental income or deductions, establish NOI or cash flow, select a value, assess financing or risk, forecast returns, recommend a transaction or replace qualified review.

About Rental Yield Calculator

Record one rent amount with its source basis and monthly or annual period, one recurring-cost amount with its own basis and period, one documented price or value amount, and a shared currency label. The calculator annualizes only the entered records and returns two arithmetic ratios. It does not validate rent, supply vacancy, decide expense completeness, calculate NOI or cash flow, establish value, rank a market or recommend an investment.