House Flipping Profit Calculator
Estimate total flip cost, selling-cost drag, contingency, break-even exit price, and net profit for a buy-rehab-sell project.
Last updated: 2026-03-26
House flipping profit calculator
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Estimate the true profit on a flip after rehab, financing, carry, contingency, and selling costs are all included.
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Enter purchase, rehab, carry, and exit assumptions to estimate how much profit is left after the full flip cost stack.
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Typical six-month flip
$250k buy, $60k rehab, $390k sale
A common mid-range flip where financing, holding costs, and sale friction materially change the headline rehab spread.
Result: The final profit can look solid, but the break-even sale price often lands much closer to the projected exit than newer flippers expect.
Longer hold, tighter exit
More time on market and lighter spread
Useful for seeing how sensitive a flip becomes when the exit price softens and the carry clock runs longer.
Result: Longer holds and even small exit-price misses can compress profit faster than most headline spread calculations suggest.
How the flip profit estimate works
The calculator adds purchase price, rehab budget, purchase closing costs, financing costs, holding costs over the expected timeline, and a rehab contingency reserve to frame the capital deployed in the project.
It then adds selling costs as a percentage of the exit price, subtracts the full project cost from the sale price to estimate net profit, and backs into the break-even exit price implied by the selling-cost drag.
House-flipping FAQs
Use these answers to interpret the real spread after carrying costs, contingency, and sale friction.
Why does break-even sale price land higher than total project cost?
Because the sale itself has friction. Agent fees, closing costs, concessions, and transfer costs mean you need a higher top-line sale price than the raw project cost to actually break even.
Why is contingency based only on rehab here?
Because renovation surprises are usually the most volatile line item in a quick flip. You can still raise the percentage if you want a wider reserve.
Does this include taxes or financing structure details?
No. It is a project-level profit screen. Entity structure, loan points, interest reserve rules, and capital-gain treatment can all change the real after-tax outcome.
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