Rental yield, cash flow and return on investment

The numbers an investor asks for

Gross and net rental yield, cash flow year by year, the cost of borrowing at the rate you enter, and the return over the time you hold — total return, IRR and NPV.

• Market assumptions, each with its source and date
• Rates, rent and costs you can change
• Saved analyses to come back to

Home and income

For a property with room for a minor dwelling or a second home, Landsight tests whether it fits the zone's rules before you count the rent.

Before you buy

Pre-purchase analysis gathers what the records say about the title, valuation, zoning, hazards and the ground, and lists plainly what it could not check — a LIM among them.