Are you thinking of buying a property to rent out to others? Perhaps even to your own adult children, to help them get a start on life? Before you decide, do your research. There’s a lot more to rental properties than buying a building and hanging out the “Vacancy” sign.

This calculator is designed to provide a guide to possible financial outcomes for the purchase of an investment property that may be rented out for the purpose of gaining income.  "Negative Gearing" possibilities may be analysed.

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  2. Don't enter values for other fields, they will be calculated by the program
  3. You can use the TAB key to move from cell to cell
  4. After entering your values, click once in any result box to calculate or update your results
Input Values in Bold Italics
Your Gross Income $ Stamp Duty Payable $
    Legal Fees $
Purchase Price $ Finance Costs $
Deposit Paid $ Mortgage Insurance $
Balance $ Valuation Fee $
    Other Expenses $
Consumer Price Index    %    
Assumed Weekly Rental $ Loan  Required $
Rental Growth Rate    %    
Assumed Capital Growth    % Loan Interest Rate    %
        
Results      
        
INCOME Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Rental Income
EXPENSES          
Rates
Fees And Levies
Interest On Loan
Total Expenses
TAX DEDUCTION          
Cash Shortfall
Depreciation (Est)
Finance Amortisation
Other Expenses
Total Tax Deduction
           
TAX SAVED
AFTER TAX POSITION
           
CAPITAL GROWTH