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| RENTAL VALUATOR Real Estate Investment Analysis Software |
| Real Estate Terms and Definitions |
Break-Even Ratio Metric often used by commercial lenders to measure how
vulnerable a property is to defaulting on its debt if rental income were to decline.
Cash on Cash Return Property's cashflow in a given year divided by the total
amount of initial investment (plus any additional capital expenditures not
financed). Expressed as a percentage. Can be looked at on a Before- and
After-Tax basis. This calculation does not take in account any time value of
money, so is mostly used for to measure cashflow in the first year.
Capitalization Rate (Cap Rate) Net Operating Income (NOI) divided by the
Purchase Price or Value. Expressed as a percentage.
This is one of the most common metrics for measuring the property's
performance before taking financing into account.
A Cap Rate of 10%, for example, means that if you were to purchase that property
for all cash, you would earn 10% return on your investment.
Cumulative Cash on Cash Return Total cashflow to date divided by the total
amount of initial investment (plus any additional capital expenditures not
financed).
Can be looked at on a Before- and After-Tax basis.
The point where Cumulative Cash on Cash passes 100% is the point where the
investor gets their entire investment back.
Debt Coverage Ratio Ratio between a property's Net Operating Income (NOI)
for the year and the annual debt service (total mortgage payments). This is a
metric often used by lenders to measure whether the property will generate
sufficient cashflow to cover it's mortgage payments.
Depreciable Basis The portion of the property's value that can be depreciated.
Usually equals to Purchase Price minus Value of Land plus any Capital
Improvements minus Depreciation already taken.
Discount Rate Conceptually, the discount rate can be thought of as a required
return for a real estate investment based on its risk when compared with return
earned on competing investments.
One way to calculate such rate is to add a risk premium and a liquidity premium,
corresponding to the property, to a relatively risk-free rate such as a US Treasury
bill.
This rate will be used to discount the property's expected cashflows to arrive at
their present value.
Effective Mortgage Rate Blended mortgage rate adjusted for leverage. If you
are borrowing at 80% LTV, for example, with a rate of 10%, your effective mortgage
rate is 8%.
A quick and useful performance measure is to subtract your effective mortgage
rate from the Cap Rate. If the result is positive, you should expect positive
cashflow.
Gain on Sale Selling Price minus Adjusted Basis. This is the taxable profit
that's made when an income-producing property is sold.
Gross Operating Income Gross Scheduled Income minus Vacancy
allowance.
Gross Scheduled Income Total annual rent value of all units in the property.
This figure represents the total rent that the property would generate given 0%
vacancy.
Gross Operating Expenses All the expenses that are required to keep the
property cashflowing. Does not include capital improvements or mortgage
payments.
Gross Rent Multiplier Market Value divided by Annual Gross Scheduled
Income. At time of purchase, market value can be computed as purchase price
plus any initial capital improvements.
Internal Rate of Return (IRR). Also viewed as a discount rate at which the
net present value of an investment is zero.
This metric takes into account both the timing and the magnitude of future
cashflows produced by the property
Leveraged IRR This is the Internal Rate of Return on your investment. It
measures the cashflow received in the future vs the Total Cash Outlay at time of
purchase.
It's called "Leveraged IRR" because it measures the return on your cash
investment, not the property. Depending upon Leverage, your investment may be
big or small.
IRR gives you the rate, which if used as a Discount Rate, would produce an NPV of
zero.
If your IRR result is greater than your discount rate, then the proposed investment
will yield a positive NPV, and vice versa.
Loan-to-Value Ratio (LTV) Total debt outstanding divided by market value of
property. At the time of purchase, this is usually the loan amount divided by the
purchase price.
Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR) In certain cases, IRR tends to
overstate the true rate of return. The IRR measure assumes that every cashflow
received over time by investor is reinvested at the internal rate of return. So for
example, if you have an IRR of 20% at the end of year 15%, the calculation
assumes that each cashflow receinved in years 1-14 is reinvested at 20%. In
reality, this may or may not be the case, since it may be tough to constantly find
other investments that yield 20%.
For that reason, it's prudent to also use the MIRR measure. This calculation
allows you to specify the cost of your capital as well as the reinvestment rate
you expect to achieve when investing the cashflows from the property.
Note that for certain under-performing investments, MIRR will actually be higher
than IRR, if you reinvest the cashflows at a higher rate than the IRR.
Net Operating Income (NOI) Gross Operating Income minus Gross Operating
Expenses. This is the gauge of performance of the property before taking financing
and depreciation into account.
Net Present Value of Property Purchase Price of Property subtracted from the
PV of Property. If the NPV is positive, your Required Rate of Return will be
achieved.
Net Present Value of Investment Initial Capital Investment subtracted from the
PV of Investment. If the NPV is positive, your Required Rate of Return will be
achieved.
Payback Period The amount of time it will take, in years, to return your initial
investment. * This is based on the 1st year (projected) pre-tax cashflow, and thus
though, is a good way to compare similar properties to each other.
Pre-Tax Leveraged IRR Measures pre-tax cashflows produced by the property
versus your initial investment.
This figure does not take into the account the cash proceeds of a sale, and is
most relevant when used to analyze a buy and hold investment with a time horizon
longer than 20 years.
Present Value of Property Future NOI produced by the property, discounted
back at the Required Rate of Return.
If the required rate of return is equal to the buy-in Cap Rate, and NOI is expected to
remain stable, PV of property will equal the Purchase Price.
If you expect growth in NOI, PV of property will be higher than purchase price,
meaning that your Required Rate of Return will be exceeded.
Present Value of Investment Future after-tax cashflows produced by the
property, including the cash proceeds of sale/disposition, discounted back at the
Required Rate of Return.
Return on Equity (ROE) Total After-Tax Cashflow received in a given period
divided by the current amount of equity in the property.
This is sometimes used in order to determine whether to hold or sell the property.
If the equity in property grows at a faster pace than the cashflow, the ROE will
diminish with each passing year. At some point, the existing equity in the property
will no longer earn your required rate of return, even though the dollar amount of
cashflow may be quiet large and growing.
At that point, it may be worthwhile to either refi or sell the property, and invest the
equity into a better-yielding project.
vulnerable a property is to defaulting on its debt if rental income were to decline.
Cash on Cash Return Property's cashflow in a given year divided by the total
amount of initial investment (plus any additional capital expenditures not
financed). Expressed as a percentage. Can be looked at on a Before- and
After-Tax basis. This calculation does not take in account any time value of
money, so is mostly used for to measure cashflow in the first year.
Capitalization Rate (Cap Rate) Net Operating Income (NOI) divided by the
Purchase Price or Value. Expressed as a percentage.
This is one of the most common metrics for measuring the property's
performance before taking financing into account.
A Cap Rate of 10%, for example, means that if you were to purchase that property
for all cash, you would earn 10% return on your investment.
Cumulative Cash on Cash Return Total cashflow to date divided by the total
amount of initial investment (plus any additional capital expenditures not
financed).
Can be looked at on a Before- and After-Tax basis.
The point where Cumulative Cash on Cash passes 100% is the point where the
investor gets their entire investment back.
Debt Coverage Ratio Ratio between a property's Net Operating Income (NOI)
for the year and the annual debt service (total mortgage payments). This is a
metric often used by lenders to measure whether the property will generate
sufficient cashflow to cover it's mortgage payments.
Depreciable Basis The portion of the property's value that can be depreciated.
Usually equals to Purchase Price minus Value of Land plus any Capital
Improvements minus Depreciation already taken.
Discount Rate Conceptually, the discount rate can be thought of as a required
return for a real estate investment based on its risk when compared with return
earned on competing investments.
One way to calculate such rate is to add a risk premium and a liquidity premium,
corresponding to the property, to a relatively risk-free rate such as a US Treasury
bill.
This rate will be used to discount the property's expected cashflows to arrive at
their present value.
Effective Mortgage Rate Blended mortgage rate adjusted for leverage. If you
are borrowing at 80% LTV, for example, with a rate of 10%, your effective mortgage
rate is 8%.
A quick and useful performance measure is to subtract your effective mortgage
rate from the Cap Rate. If the result is positive, you should expect positive
cashflow.
Gain on Sale Selling Price minus Adjusted Basis. This is the taxable profit
that's made when an income-producing property is sold.
Gross Operating Income Gross Scheduled Income minus Vacancy
allowance.
Gross Scheduled Income Total annual rent value of all units in the property.
This figure represents the total rent that the property would generate given 0%
vacancy.
Gross Operating Expenses All the expenses that are required to keep the
property cashflowing. Does not include capital improvements or mortgage
payments.
Gross Rent Multiplier Market Value divided by Annual Gross Scheduled
Income. At time of purchase, market value can be computed as purchase price
plus any initial capital improvements.
Internal Rate of Return (IRR). Also viewed as a discount rate at which the
net present value of an investment is zero.
This metric takes into account both the timing and the magnitude of future
cashflows produced by the property
Leveraged IRR This is the Internal Rate of Return on your investment. It
measures the cashflow received in the future vs the Total Cash Outlay at time of
purchase.
It's called "Leveraged IRR" because it measures the return on your cash
investment, not the property. Depending upon Leverage, your investment may be
big or small.
IRR gives you the rate, which if used as a Discount Rate, would produce an NPV of
zero.
If your IRR result is greater than your discount rate, then the proposed investment
will yield a positive NPV, and vice versa.
Loan-to-Value Ratio (LTV) Total debt outstanding divided by market value of
property. At the time of purchase, this is usually the loan amount divided by the
purchase price.
Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR) In certain cases, IRR tends to
overstate the true rate of return. The IRR measure assumes that every cashflow
received over time by investor is reinvested at the internal rate of return. So for
example, if you have an IRR of 20% at the end of year 15%, the calculation
assumes that each cashflow receinved in years 1-14 is reinvested at 20%. In
reality, this may or may not be the case, since it may be tough to constantly find
other investments that yield 20%.
For that reason, it's prudent to also use the MIRR measure. This calculation
allows you to specify the cost of your capital as well as the reinvestment rate
you expect to achieve when investing the cashflows from the property.
Note that for certain under-performing investments, MIRR will actually be higher
than IRR, if you reinvest the cashflows at a higher rate than the IRR.
Net Operating Income (NOI) Gross Operating Income minus Gross Operating
Expenses. This is the gauge of performance of the property before taking financing
and depreciation into account.
Net Present Value of Property Purchase Price of Property subtracted from the
PV of Property. If the NPV is positive, your Required Rate of Return will be
achieved.
Net Present Value of Investment Initial Capital Investment subtracted from the
PV of Investment. If the NPV is positive, your Required Rate of Return will be
achieved.
Payback Period The amount of time it will take, in years, to return your initial
investment. * This is based on the 1st year (projected) pre-tax cashflow, and thus
though, is a good way to compare similar properties to each other.
Pre-Tax Leveraged IRR Measures pre-tax cashflows produced by the property
versus your initial investment.
This figure does not take into the account the cash proceeds of a sale, and is
most relevant when used to analyze a buy and hold investment with a time horizon
longer than 20 years.
Present Value of Property Future NOI produced by the property, discounted
back at the Required Rate of Return.
If the required rate of return is equal to the buy-in Cap Rate, and NOI is expected to
remain stable, PV of property will equal the Purchase Price.
If you expect growth in NOI, PV of property will be higher than purchase price,
meaning that your Required Rate of Return will be exceeded.
Present Value of Investment Future after-tax cashflows produced by the
property, including the cash proceeds of sale/disposition, discounted back at the
Required Rate of Return.
Return on Equity (ROE) Total After-Tax Cashflow received in a given period
divided by the current amount of equity in the property.
This is sometimes used in order to determine whether to hold or sell the property.
If the equity in property grows at a faster pace than the cashflow, the ROE will
diminish with each passing year. At some point, the existing equity in the property
will no longer earn your required rate of return, even though the dollar amount of
cashflow may be quiet large and growing.
At that point, it may be worthwhile to either refi or sell the property, and invest the
equity into a better-yielding project.