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Running an Analysis: Common Inputs and Fixes

Why an analysis returns an error or odd numbers — and how to fix it. Covers MLS coverage, $0 purchase price, address mismatches, and proforma sanity checks.

If running an analysis returns an error, an empty proforma, or numbers that obviously don't match reality, this article walks through the most common causes.

"I cannot run a report when searching for an address"

Two common causes:

  • Address not in your MLS coverage. Analysis Engine pulls property details from your connected MLS first. If the property is in a region your MLS doesn't cover, you'll see an empty result. Confirm with your MLS connection status first.
  • Address typed without unit or with a different format. Try the address with and without a unit number. Try "123 Main St" instead of "123 Main Street". Rescover's address parser is forgiving but has edge cases.

"New properties are defaulting to a $0 purchase price"

This usually means the MLS listing isn't surfacing a list price for the property — most often when the property is off-market or recently delisted. Workarounds:

  • Type the purchase price manually in the analysis inputs. Rescover uses your value once it's set, regardless of MLS.
  • If the price should be coming from MLS but isn't, open a support ticket with the property address — there may be a feed mapping issue we can fix on the back end.

"My proforma cash flow looks wrong"

Walk through the inputs in order:

  1. Purchase price — match what you'd actually pay, not the MLS list price if it's stale.
  2. Rental income — Rescover pulls a rent estimate from comps. If the estimate is off, type your local-knowledge rate; the analysis uses your override.
  3. Operating expenses — defaults pull from Settings → Investment Gateway → Income & Expense Accounts. If those defaults aren't tuned for your market, every analysis will be off in the same direction. Set them once correctly and every future analysis benefits.
  4. Financing terms — interest rate, down payment, loan term. Default values are based on national averages; override with your actual terms.
  5. Hold period and exit cap — these drive IRR and total-return numbers, not annual cash flow.

"I get a 'Property not found' or 'showing strangely' message"

Property data quality varies by source. The most common causes:

  • The address belongs to a complex or multi-unit building that we're geocoding to the building level instead of the unit. Try the address with explicit unit.
  • The property is recently subdivided and the assessor data hasn't caught up. We pull weekly; new parcels may take a week or two to appear.
  • The property was deleted from your local MLS. Rescover mirrors what your MLS shows — if it's not there, it won't appear here.

"Calculations are taking too long"

An analysis run on a fresh property can take 10–30 seconds the first time — Rescover is pulling MLS data, ownership records, comps, and tax data in parallel. Subsequent runs on the same property are nearly instant. If a single analysis is taking minutes, refresh the page and retry; if the slowness persists across multiple properties, open a support ticket with timing details.

"Off-hours" errors

If you see an "Off-hours issue" notification, the platform is doing background data refreshes. Most operations still work; the few affected (like rebuilding comp sets) will retry automatically. If something stays broken into business hours, open a ticket.

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