# Move a deal through stages

> Drag deals across the Deal Pipeline board to track them from Analyzing to Closed, then start a renovation once one closes.

Every deal you save to your pipeline moves forward by dragging its card, not by
editing a field. This walks through the Deal Pipeline board itself: the two
phase tabs, dragging a card to a new stage, and starting a renovation once a
deal closes.

For what each stage means, see [Deal stages](https://docs.reinvestorhub.ai/reference/field-reference/deal-stages/).

## Open the Deal Pipeline board

1. Select **Deal Pipeline** in the left navigation.

The board opens on the **Acquisition Phase** tab by default. Above the board,
four stat cards summarize your pipeline: **Active Deals**, **Total Value**,
**Avg ROI**, and **Under Contract**.

Below the stat cards, a pill switches between the two phases of the board:

- **Acquisition Phase**, covering **Analyzing**, **Make An Offer**, **Under
  Contract**, and **Closed**.
- **Rehab Phase**, covering **Planning**, **In Progress**, **Completed**, and
  **Ready to List**, for deals you've closed and started renovating.

Each column shows a count badge and the cards currently in that stage. An
empty column reads **No deals in this stage**.

![The Deal Pipeline board on the Acquisition Phase tab, showing the Analyzing, Make An Offer, Under Contract, and Closed columns with deal cards](https://docs.reinvestorhub.ai/images/track-a-deal/pipeline-board-acquisition.png)

## Move a deal to a new stage

1. On the **Acquisition Phase** tab, find the deal's card in its current
   column.
2. Click and hold the card, drag it into the column for its new stage, and
   release.

> **What you should see:** the card moves to the new column, a **Deal updated
> successfully** confirmation appears, and the count badges on both the old and
> new columns update. The stat cards at the top of the board (for example
> **Under Contract**) update too.

You can drag a card into any of the four Acquisition Phase columns, in either
direction, so moving a deal back a stage (for example, from **Under
Contract** back to **Make An Offer**) works the same way.

> **Tip:** Stage and Deal Score are independent. Moving a deal to a new stage never
> changes its score. See [Deal Score](https://docs.reinvestorhub.ai/reference/field-reference/deal-score/).

## Start rehab on a closed deal

Once a deal reaches **Closed**, its card offers a next step: renovating the
property. You can start rehab two ways.

**From the card itself:**

1. Find the closed deal's card. It shows a prompt reading **Closed. Ready to
   renovate?** with a **Start rehab** button.
2. Click **Start rehab**.

**From the card's menu:**

1. Open the card's menu (the three-dot icon in its top-right corner).
2. Select **Start Rehab**.

Either way, the card moves to the **Planning** column on the **Rehab Phase**
tab, which opens for you.

Starting rehab also creates the deal's renovation project for you, named after
the property and linked to the deal. Dragging a closed card directly into the
**Rehab Phase** tab's **Planning** column does the same. See
[Turn a deal into a project](https://docs.reinvestorhub.ai/guides/run-a-renovation-project/turn-a-deal-into-a-project/)
for what the new project starts with.

> **What you should see:** a **Deal moved to rehab planning!** confirmation,
> and the board switches to the **Rehab Phase** tab with the card now in
> **Planning**.

> **Note:** Only closed deals can start rehab. Dragging a card that isn't **Closed**
> into a Rehab Phase column doesn't move it; you'll see an error saying
> only closed deals can move to rehab.

Once a deal is in the rehab phase, its card drops out of the **Closed**
column on the **Acquisition Phase** tab and appears only on the **Rehab
Phase** tab. The deal itself is still Closed. Only its position on the board
changes.

## Work the Rehab Phase board

Once a deal has started rehab, drag its card between the **Rehab Phase**
columns the same way you would on the Acquisition Phase board: **Planning**,
**In Progress**, **Completed**, and **Ready to List**.

Dragging a rehab card back into an Acquisition Phase column (for example,
back to **Closed**) takes it out of the rehab phase and returns it to the
**Closed** column on the Acquisition Phase board.

## What counts as an Active Deal

The **Active Deals** count at the top of the board includes only deals in
**Analyzing**, **Make An Offer**, or **Under Contract**. A deal stops
counting as active once it reaches **Closed**, even though it's still very
much part of your portfolio and now trackable on the Rehab Phase board.

> **Note:** Dead deals don't appear in the columns, in either phase. To set one, choose
> **Mark as Dead** from the card's menu. Below the board, **Show dead deals**
> lists them, and **Revive** returns a deal to where it was: a deal that was in rehab goes back to its rehab phase column, and any other deal goes to **Analyzing**. See
> [Deal stages](https://docs.reinvestorhub.ai/reference/field-reference/deal-stages/) for what Dead means.