For homebuyers & individual investors

Every home, its own rate.

Investor Return starts each home at its own estimated appreciation rate and runs your IRR on it, with your financing, rent and costs.

Run one property free. No credit card to start.

Model-generated estimate. Not investment advice.

What you get back

Property Hub

Example home · Oakland, CA

High confidence

House-level appreciation

Neighborhood basis

Top tier of comparable homes in Oakland, CA

84th percentile

Bottom0-20

Lower20-40

Mid40-60

Upper60-80

Top80-100

Below marketMedianAbove market

Market edge

+6.8 points / year

above its local market, estimated

Estimated appreciation

10.8% / year

4.0% market pace + 6.8 points edge

Example market pace · Adjust in Investor Return

Illustrative example with an assumed 4.0% market pace. Individual results vary.

“A colleague and I built a tool to project property value, mortgage costs, taxes, and rental returns over time. Good Investment is way better than anything we could do.”

Real estate investor · New York City

Score every home out of 10 against its real local peers

Measured market edge in appreciation points per year

IRR at this home’s rate, with any credit pack

Confidence flags tell you when local data is thin

What every screen includes

One address in. One clear read out.

Type an address and get the read that listings, comps, and ZIP-level charts don't give you: how this home scores inside its local market and its measured edge versus that market.

Investment score

High confidence

7.7out of 10

Strong

Ranks above most homes in its local market for appreciation potential.

Compared with 500+ similar homes in Colorado Springs, CO, using county-level price history.

Model-generated estimate. Not investment advice.

Every full analysis includes an IRR and monthly cash flow in Investor Return, and a link you can share. See how the analysis is built →

Score + estimated appreciation
See the home’s within-market score, the measured appreciation edge in points per year versus its own market, and an estimated pace that adds that edge to the market’s long-run pace in Investor Return.
Neighborhood risk profile
See how volatile the area’s prices have been, how closely they moved with the national cycle, how far they fell at their worst, and whether the recent pace is running ahead of the long-run trend.
Confidence on every screen
Check the confidence flag alongside the score. If local evidence is thin, use it as a prompt for more research before putting weight on the estimate.

Why we built it

Built around a homebuyer's question.

Good Investment started with a real purchase. The comps spreadsheet helped explain what the condo was worth that day, but left a question about the years ahead: how was it positioned to appreciate? We built a way to examine that question on a specific home, with the uncertainty visible.

You can start with one address and use the analysis alongside your budget, financing and plans for the property. Better information helps you weigh the options; the decision is yours.

Where it fits

Three moments the screen is built for.

The decisions where a within-market score and its appreciation values change what you examine next.

Compare a shortlist

The moment

Three homes, similar prices, similar comps, and no way to tell which one is better positioned for the years after you buy.

What you get

Score every home on the same 0–10 scale, compare measured market edges and estimated appreciation paces, and spend your diligence time where the signal is strongest.

Pressure-test the one you love

The moment

You’re about to make an offer. The comps say the price is fair, but nothing tells you how the home is positioned to appreciate.

What you get

Get a measured read on appreciation positioning: local score, market edge in points per year, estimated pace, and a confidence flag before you commit.

Get to know a neighborhood

The moment

Same ZIP, different futures. Two streets apart can carry very different appreciation histories, and listings won’t tell you which is which.

What you get

Explore neighborhood appreciation on the heatmap and compare local price history with the home’s score.

The neighborhood heatmap and market tools are included with every account.

Weighing it against spreadsheets and listing sites? Our property investment analysis page compares all three and shows each step of how a home gets scored.

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