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Rental yield calculator
Estimate gross and net rental yield — a year of rent as a percentage of the property’s price — to compare rentals on a consistent basis. The result is based on your own numbers.
The short answer
Last updated: July 2026
Rental yield expresses a year of rent as a percentage of a property’s price. Gross yield is annual rent ÷ price × 100; net yield subtracts operating expenses first. A $250,000 property renting for $1,800 a month has about an 8.6% gross yield. Net yield is the truer comparison. Both are estimates from your numbers.
After the estimate:
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Gross and net rental yield.
A year of rent as a percentage of what the property costs — shown two ways: gross (rent alone) and net (after operating expenses).
Property price or value
$
Monthly rent
$
Annual operating expenses (for net)
$
Taxes, insurance, management, repairs, vacancy — everything but the mortgage. Used only for the net yield.
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Gross rental yield
8.91%
Annual rent $31,200 ÷ $350,000 price. Ignores expenses.
Net rental yield
6.34%
(Annual rent $31,200 − expenses $9,000) ÷ $350,000 price = $22,200/yr net.
Annual yield composition
Annual rent
$31,200
Operating expenses
-$9,000
Annual net
$22,200
Estimate based on your inputs. Not a promise of results.
Estimate only. Yield measures rent against price; it excludes the mortgage, financing, appreciation, and taxes. Gross yield ignores expenses entirely — use net yield to compare properties on a truer basis.
How it works
How this tool works.
Rental yield turns a year of rent into a percentage of what the property costs, so you can compare a cheap property with modest rent against a pricier one with higher rent on the same footing. Gross yield uses the rent alone; net yield subtracts the operating expenses to show what the property actually returns.
Enter the price, the monthly rent, and your annual operating expenses, and this calculator estimates both yields at once. It’s arithmetic on the figures you provide — a comparison tool, not a valuation or a prediction of returns.
Make the result useful
Rental-yield interpretation
Purchase price is the value denominator for the scenario.
Annual rent should be stated as gross scheduled or effective income so the yield label is clear.
Operating expenses determine whether the result is gross or net yield.
Financing is separate; yield is not the same as levered cash return.
Calculation lens
gross yield = annual rent ÷ price; net yield = net operating income ÷ price
Use the output as a documented scenario result, not a guarantee.
Does not include debt service, tax effects, or future rent changes.
Questions landlords ask
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