Tool 03

Unit Economics Calculator

Model a single vehicle's cash-on-cash return from acquisition through year one, using the same formulas as the book's worked examples.

Load preset:

Acquisition & Reconditioning (one-time cash invested)

Purchase price

Reconditioning (safety + reliability + presentation)

GPS/security hardware & install

Title, registration & initial fees

Weekly Operating Economics

Gross weekly rental rate

Insurance allocation

Maintenance reserve

GPS/security allocation

Vacancy allowance (amortized)

Loss reserve allocation

Annual Projection

Target occupancy rate (%)

Results

Total cash investedpurchasePrice + reconditioningCost + gpsHardwareCost + titleRegFees: $13,280
Net cashflow per occupied weekgrossWeeklyRate - insuranceAlloc - maintenanceReserve - gpsSecurityAlloc - vacancyAllowance - lossReserveAlloc: $153
Break-even occupied weekstotalCashInvested / netWeeklyCashflow: 87 weeks
Occupied weeks per year52 * (targetOccupancyPct / 100): 47 weeks
Gross annual rental incomeoccupiedWeeksPerYear * grossWeeklyRate: $12,455
Annual net cashflowoccupiedWeeksPerYear * netWeeklyCashflow: $7,191
First-year cash-on-cash return (%)(annualNetCashflow / totalCashInvested) * 100: 54.1%

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