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Find the most you can put a property under contract for while leaving the end buyer a real deal and keeping your assignment fee. Every number below shows its math.

Example dealLoaded with sample numbers. Replace them with your deal.
The property
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Cushion added on top of the estimate for surprises behind the walls.
Your deal
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Deal costs: marketing to find this deal, earnest money at risk, title or double-close fees you pay.
End-buyer assumptions
Buyer price method
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These are starting assumptions, not market data. Match them to how your cash buyers actually underwrite. Holding covers taxes, insurance, utilities and loan interest, and scales with the price of the house.
Saves these assumptions plus your assignment fee and deal costs in this browser, so every new deal starts with your numbers.
No verdict
Maximum allowable offer
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End-buyer max price
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Max fee at this price
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Vs. your MAO
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    How we got there

    What if the numbers miss? MAO by ARV and repair overrun

    End buyer's numbers

    Show this to cash buyers. It is what they keep if they pay your assignment price, rehab, hold and resell at ARV.

    Take it with you

    How the analyzer works

    The analyzer prices the deal from the end buyer's side first, then backs out your fee and costs. It figures the buyer's maximum price two ways and, by default, uses the lower one.

    1. Repairs with contingency

    Repairs total = Repair estimate × (1 + contingency %)

    2. End-buyer price, rule method

    Rule price = ARV × rule % − Repairs total

    3. End-buyer price, full-cost method

    Holding = ARV × holding % × months Full price = [ARV × (1 − selling % − profit %) − Repairs total − Holding] ÷ (1 + closing %)

    4. Your MAO and spread

    MAO = Buyer price − Assignment fee − Deal costs Spread = Buyer price − Contract price − Deal costs

    Common questions

    What is MAO in real estate wholesaling?

    MAO, maximum allowable offer, is the highest price you can contract a property for and still leave room for the end buyer's profit and your assignment fee. Above it, either your fee shrinks or the buyer walks.

    Is the 70% rule enough on its own?

    It is a fast screen. It ignores holding time, selling costs and financing, so on expensive or slow-selling homes it can overstate what a buyer will pay. That is why the analyzer also runs an itemized full-cost price.

    How do Go, Negotiate and Pass work?

    Go means the price is at or under MAO. Negotiate means it is over MAO but you would still clear at least half your target fee. Pass means you would clear less than half your target fee, or nothing.

    Why does a 5% ARV miss matter so much?

    Every dollar of ARV error flows almost straight into your spread. The what-if grid shows how much room the deal has before an optimistic ARV or a repair overrun erases your fee.

    Educational estimates from the numbers you enter. Not an appraisal, and not legal, tax or financial advice. Assumptions are starting points, not market data. Wholesaling and assignment rules vary by state; see our wholesaling legality guide. FlipProperties is an independent investor education site and a PropStream affiliate partner.