"Default investment parameters"

Every analysis starts from a set of default assumptions. Tune them once to your market and strategy, and you stop correcting the same fields on every property.

What you can set

Closing costs: the one-time purchase fees baked into your acquisition numbers. Loan defaults: down payment percentage, interest rate, amortization period, loan fees, and interest-only if that's your structure. Management and vacancy: management fees plus vacancy behavior (average length of stay and time between tenants). Maintenance and capital expenditures: typically set as percentages of income. Leasing and resale: lease commission, renewal fees, and cost of sale. Growth assumptions: annual rental rate increases, expense inflation, and property appreciation.

Each default flows into every new analysis; any single analysis can still override any value.

Why it matters

Defaults are quiet power: an interest rate a point stale or a vacancy assumption from another market skews every deal you screen. Reviewing these quarterly is one of the highest-leverage five-minute habits in the product. For the reasoning on localizing your growth assumptions, read the guide: Localize your growth assumptions.