Review criteria
- +Cash flow, cap rate, and cash-on-cash return
- +Mortgage, expenses, and vacancy modeling
- +Go/no-go at a glance
- +Works in Google Sheets and Excel
Rental Property Deal Analyzer in Real Estate Investing
The Rental Property Deal Analyzer is a copy-ready spreadsheet for real estate investing that tracks price, rent, expenses, cash flow, cash-on-cash. It opens unchanged in both Google Sheets and Excel, needs no add-ons or macros, and takes about 15 minutes to set up.
Last updated: August 2026
Excel workbook · opens in Google Sheets · 2 tabs · no sign-up
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What’s inside “Rental Property Deal Analyzer”
Tabs: How to use · DealFormat: Excel (.xlsx) · opens in Google SheetsSetup: About 15 minutesColumns: 5
Columns (grey = calculated for you)
- Price
- Rent
- Expenses
- Cash Flow
- Cash-on-cash
- Type your numbers into the yellow cells; grey cells calculate automatically.
- Enter the asking price, financing and realistic rent from comparable listings. Be honest about vacancy, maintenance and CapEx; they make or break the deal.
- Verdict compares cash-on-cash return with your target. Run each deal on its own copy. Not investment advice.
- Using Google Sheets? Upload the file to Google Drive, then open it with Google Sheets (or File → Import in an open sheet). Formulas, dropdowns and highlights carry over.
The file opens locally on your device — nothing is uploaded, and you own the copy outright.
Rental Property Deal Analyzer
About this template
It is built for people who want results without another subscription: investors vetting rental deals before offering. The whole template is free to copy — there is no paid tier. Because it is a plain spreadsheet, you own your data outright and can shape every column to how you actually work.
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What to verify before choosing Rental Property Deal Analyzer
Use the review criteria below to decide whether this template fits your workflow.
Often worth considering when
- +Investors vetting rental deals before offering
- +Anyone comparing properties on the same math
Pause before choosing when
- -Live comp or rent data
- -Lender underwriting
About Real Estate Investing
Why people consider this option
- +Analyze deals before you buy without paid REI software
- +Run the numbers on cash flow, cap rate, and BRRRR
- +Compare properties on the same criteria
What to review before acting
- -No MLS or live comp data
- -Inputs are only as good as your estimates
Trust FAQ
Questions people ask before copying a template
Does the Rental Property Deal Analyzer work in both Google Sheets and Excel?
Yes. It is built with standard functions and no macros, so it opens and works the same in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel — on desktop or your phone.
Is the Rental Property Deal Analyzer really free?
The core template is free to copy and use. There is no paid tier — download the Excel workbook, replace the sample rows with your own, and you are ready to work.
What does the Rental Property Deal Analyzer track?
It tracks price, rent, expenses, cash flow, cash-on-cash. The workbook comes with these columns plus the formulas, dropdowns and highlights already set up. Replace the sample rows and the totals update as you go.