Question 1

What is a strong cash flow property on Propaired?

Accepted Answer

Propaired classifies a property as "Strong Cash Flow" when the estimated long-term rent, after a 12% vacancy and management allowance, exceeds the full Total Monthly Cost of ownership (mortgage P&I + property tax + insurance + HOA + 1% maintenance reserve). Only properties with genuinely positive monthly cash flow make this list.

Question 2

How does Propaired calculate Total Monthly Cost (TMC)?

Accepted Answer

TMC = 30-year mortgage P&I (20% down, current Freddie Mac rate) + property tax (from MLS) + insurance estimate (0.6% of list price annually) + HOA (normalized from MLS AssociationFee and AssociationFeeFrequency) + maintenance reserve (industry-standard 1% of list price annually). This is the real out-of-pocket monthly cost to own the home, not just the loan payment.

Question 3

Where are the best long-term cash flow markets in Utah?

Accepted Answer

Ogden, West Valley City, West Jordan, and Provo typically offer the strongest long-term rental cash flow in Utah because purchase prices remain moderate while rental demand from growing populations and university students stays high. Propaired surfaces these listings automatically via H3-cell-matched rent comps from our rentals database.

Question 4

How is the long-term rent estimated?

Accepted Answer

Propaired matches every listing to the finest-resolution H3 cell with adequate rental comp density (cascading from res 8 down to res 4 as needed) from our rentals gold table, then bedroom-adjusts the cell median based on how the listing deviates from the cell-average bedroom count. A confidence score reflects the resolution and sample count.

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