# Analyze a fix and flip

> Enter your purchase, rehab, ARV, holding and selling costs in Deal Analyzer to see a flip's net profit and ROI, then save it to your pipeline.

Use the **Fix & Flip** strategy when you plan to buy a property, renovate it, and sell it. This page covers the sections specific to a flip. The steps every strategy shares (opening Deal Analyzer, choosing a strategy, entering the address) are in [Run the numbers](https://docs.reinvestorhub.ai/guides/find-and-evaluate-a-property/run-the-numbers/).

## What you need

| | Fields |
|---|---|
| **Required** | Property Address, City, State, ZIP Code, Purchase Price, ARV (After Repair Value) |

Required fields have a red asterisk, and **Analyze My Deal** stays disabled until they are filled in. Other fields are optional, but if some are missing you see **Score withheld** instead of a Deal Score, with a banner listing what to add. If you check **Cash Purchase**, the loan fields are not needed.

## Enter your flip

1. **Choose Fix & Flip**

   In **Deal Analyzer**, under **Select Your Investment Strategy**, select **Fix & Flip**, then pick the property address under **Property Information**.

2. **Enter Purchase & Financing**

   Enter the **Purchase Price**. Then enter **Down Payment %**, **Closing Costs**, **Interest Rate %** and **Loan Term (Years)**. For an all-cash deal, check **Cash Purchase** to hide the down payment, rate and term. **Chat with Lenny** opens the financing coach.

3. **Enter your Rehab Budget**

   Either enter one number in **Total Rehab Amount**, or select **Use Line Items** to price each trade separately: Permits & Fees, Roofing, Foundation, Framing, Electrical, Plumbing, Kitchen, Bathrooms, Windows, Flooring, Paint (Interior/Exterior), Landscaping, HVAC, Doors and Exterior (Siding, etc.). A **Line Items Total** adds them up. Select **Use Total Amount** to switch back. If the property needs no work, type **0** in **Total Rehab Amount**; a typed zero counts as entered, while a blank field is listed as missing.

4. **Add a contingency (optional)**

   Check **Include 10% Contingency** to add a 10% buffer to the rehab budget for unexpected costs.

5. **Add construction financing (optional)**

   Under **Construction Financing**, choose a **Financing Type**: **None (Cash)**, **Percentage of Rehab** or **Fixed Amount**. Enter the **Financed Percentage** or **Loan Amount**, then the **Interest Rate %** for that loan.

6. **Enter the ARV**

   Under **After Repair Value (ARV)**, enter the **ARV (After Repair Value)**: your estimate of what the property is worth once the work is done. To fill it from a nearby sale, select **Check Comps** and then **Use as ARV** ([Check comps and set ARV](https://docs.reinvestorhub.ai/guides/analyze-a-deal/check-comps-and-set-arv/)). Use **ARV Notes (Optional)** to record how you got the number. **Chat with Annie** opens the market coach.

7. **Enter Flip Details**

   Enter your **Holding Period (Months)**, the time you expect to own the property, and your **Monthly Carrying Costs** (mortgage, utilities, insurance per month).

8. **Enter Selling Costs**

   Enter one number in **Total Selling Costs** (agent commission, title, escrow and so on), or select **Use Line Items** for **Agent Commission**, **Title Fees**, **Escrow Fees**, **Buyer Concessions**, **Transfer Tax** and **Other Costs**.

9. **Select Analyze My Deal**

   The button is in the results column on the right.

> **What you should see:** a **Deal Score** card with a number from 0.0 to 10.0 and a badge (**Excellent Deal**, **Good Deal**, **Fair Deal** or **Poor Deal**), followed by the flip results below.

## Read the results

The **Investment Summary** shows three numbers:

- **Net Profit**: what you keep after all costs. It is red if it is zero or negative.
- **ROI**: net profit as a percentage return.
- **Cash-on-Cash ROI**: the return on the cash you put in.

Below it, a **Deal Summary** card shows your **Total Investment** and **Net Profit**. Then four sections you can open and close, each mirroring what you entered:

- **Purchase Breakdown**: purchase price, down payment, loan amount, rate, closing costs, holding costs and monthly mortgage.
- **Rehab Breakdown**: rehab costs, contingency, **Total Rehab Budget**, and any construction financing.
- **Flip Details**: your ARV and holding costs.
- **Selling Costs**: each selling cost you entered and the **Total Selling Costs**.

The badge next to the score reads **Excellent Deal**, **Good Deal**, **Fair Deal** or **Poor Deal**. For what to do with a low or withheld score, see [Deal Score](https://docs.reinvestorhub.ai/reference/field-reference/deal-score/).

If your deal scores low, a short note from one of the AI coaches (Lenny, Sid or Annie) can appear under the score.

> **Tip:** Change a number and select **Re-Analyze Deal** to compare scenarios. For example, try a higher rehab total or a longer holding period and see how net profit moves.

## Save the deal to your pipeline

Select **Save to Pipeline**, at the top of the page or under the Deal Score. Fill in every required field first, including the City, State and ZIP Code.

> **What you should see:** the message "Deal saved to pipeline!", then Deal Pipeline opens with your deal in the **Analyzing** stage. Reopening a saved deal in Deal Analyzer changes the button to **Update Deal**.

## Next step

  - [Export a deal analysis PDF](https://docs.reinvestorhub.ai/guides/analyze-a-deal/export-a-deal-analysis-pdf/): Download a two-page report of this flip.
  - [Move a deal through stages](https://docs.reinvestorhub.ai/guides/track-a-deal/move-a-deal-through-stages/): Take the saved deal from Analyzing toward an offer.