Commercial Building ROI Calculator

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Commercial Building ROI Calculator

Calculate the total return on investment for a commercial building, factoring in rental income, operating expenses, financing costs, and property appreciation.

### Purchase & Financing

Purchase Price ($)

Down Payment (%)

Annual Loan Interest Rate (%)

Loan Term (years)

Closing Costs ($)

### Income

Annual Gross Rental Income ($)

Vacancy Rate (%)

Other Annual Income ($)

### Operating Expenses (Annual)

Property Tax ($)

Insurance ($)

Maintenance & Repairs ($)

Property Management Fee (%)

Utilities ($)

Other Expenses ($)

### Appreciation & Hold Period

Annual Appreciation Rate (%)

Hold Period (years)

Selling Costs (% of future value)

Calculate ROI

### Results

#### Income & Expense Summary

Effective Gross Income Total Operating Expenses Net Operating Income (NOI) Annual Debt Service Annual Cash Flow

#### Key Metrics

Cap Rate Cash-on-Cash Return Gross Rent Multiplier (GRM) Debt Service Coverage (DSCR) Break-Even Occupancy

#### Investment Summary

Total Initial Investment Loan Amount Future Property Value Equity at Sale (after costs) Total Profit

#### Return Metrics

Total ROI Annualized ROI Total Cash Flow (hold period) Equity Gain

function comFmt(n) { return '$' + n.toLocaleString('en-US', {minimumFractionDigits: 2, maximumFractionDigits: 2}); } function comFmtPct(n) { return n.toFixed(2) + '%'; } function comFmtX(n) { return n.toFixed(2) + 'x'; }

function comCalc() { var errEl = document.getElementById('com-error'); var resEl = document.getElementById('com-result'); errEl.style.display = 'none'; resEl.style.display = 'none';

// Parse inputs var purchasePrice = parseFloat(document.getElementById('com-purchase-price').value); var downPaymentPct = parseFloat(document.getElementById('com-down-payment').value); var interestRate = parseFloat(document.getElementById('com-interest-rate').value); var loanTerm = parseFloat(document.getElementById('com-loan-term').value); var closingCosts = parseFloat(document.getElementById('com-closing-costs').value) || 0; var grossRent = parseFloat(document.getElementById('com-gross-rent').value); var vacancyRate = parseFloat(document.getElementById('com-vacancy-rate').value) || 0; var otherIncome = parseFloat(document.getElementById('com-other-income').value) || 0; var propertyTax = parseFloat(document.getElementById('com-property-tax').value) || 0; var insurance = parseFloat(document.getElementById('com-insurance').value) || 0; var maintenance = parseFloat(document.getElementById('com-maintenance').value) || 0; var mgmtFeePct = parseFloat(document.getElementById('com-management-fee').value) || 0; var utilities = parseFloat(document.getElementById('com-utilities').value) || 0; var otherExpenses = parseFloat(document.getElementById('com-other-expenses').value) || 0; var appreciationRate = parseFloat(document.getElementById('com-appreciation-rate').value) || 0; var holdPeriod = parseFloat(document.getElementById('com-hold-period').value); var sellingCostsPct = parseFloat(document.getElementById('com-selling-costs').value) || 0;

// Validation var errors = []; if (isNaN(purchasePrice) || purchasePrice 0."); if (isNaN(downPaymentPct) || downPaymentPct 100) errors.push("Down Payment must be 0–100%."); if (isNaN(interestRate) || interestRate 30) errors.push("Interest Rate must be 0–30%."); if (isNaN(loanTerm) || loanTerm 40) errors.push("Loan Term must be 1–40 years."); if (isNaN(grossRent) || grossRent 0."); if (isNaN(holdPeriod) || holdPeriod 50) errors.push("Hold Period must be 1–50 years."); if (errors.length > 0) { errEl.innerHTML = errors.join(''); errEl.style.display = 'block'; return; }

// ── Core Calculations ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────

// 1. Financing var downPayment = purchasePrice * (downPaymentPct / 100); var loanAmount = purchasePrice - downPayment; var totalInitial = downPayment + closingCosts;

// Monthly mortgage payment: M = P * [r(1+r)^n] / [(1+r)^n - 1] var monthlyRate = (interestRate / 100) / 12; var numPayments = loanTerm * 12; var monthlyPayment = 0; var annualDebtService = 0; if (loanAmount > 0 && interestRate > 0) { var factor = Math.pow(1 + monthlyRate, numPayments); monthlyPayment = loanAmount * (monthlyRate * factor) / (factor - 1); annualDebtService = monthlyPayment * 12; } else if (loanAmount > 0 && interestRate === 0) { monthlyPayment = loanAmount / numPayments; annualDebtService = monthlyPayment * 12; }

// 2. Income var vacancyLoss = grossRent * (vacancyRate / 100); var effectiveGrossIncome = grossRent - vacancyLoss + otherIncome;

// 3. Operating Expenses var mgmtFee = effectiveGrossIncome * (mgmtFeePct / 100); var totalOpEx = propertyTax + insurance + maintenance + mgmtFee + utilities + otherExpenses;

// 4. NOI & Cash Flow var noi = effectiveGrossIncome - totalOpEx; var annualCashFlow = noi - annualDebtService;

// 5. Key Metrics // Cap Rate = NOI / Purchase Price var capRate = (noi / purchasePrice) * 100; // Cash-on-Cash = Annual Cash Flow / Total Initial Investment var cashOnCash = totalInitial > 0 ? (annualCashFlow / totalInitial) * 100 : 0; // GRM = Purchase Price / Gross Annual Rent var grm = grossRent > 0 ? purchasePrice / grossRent : 0; // DSCR = NOI / Annual Debt Service var dscr = annualDebtService > 0 ? noi / annualDebtService : Infinity; // Break-Even Occupancy = (Operating Expenses + Debt Service) / Gross Rent var beo = grossRent > 0 ? ((totalOpEx + annualDebtService) / grossRent) * 100 : 0;

// 6. Appreciation & Sale // Future Value = Purchase Price * (1 + appreciation)^holdPeriod var futureValue = purchasePrice * Math.pow(1 + appreciationRate / 100, holdPeriod); var sellingCosts = futureValue * (sellingCostsPct / 100);

// Remaining loan balance after holdPeriod years // B = P * [(1+r)^n - (1+r)^p] / [(1+r)^n - 1] var remainingBalance = 0; if (loanAmount > 0 && interestRate > 0) { var paymentsMade = Math.min(holdPeriod * 12, numPayments); var factorN = Math.pow(1 + monthlyRate, numPayments); var factorP = Math.pow(1 + monthlyRate, paymentsMade); remainingBalance = loanAmount * (factorN - factorP) / (factorN - 1); } else if (loanAmount > 0) { var paymentsMade = Math.min(holdPeriod * 12, numPayments); remainingBalance = Math.max(0, loanAmount - monthlyPayment * paymentsMade); }

var netSaleProceeds = futureValue - sellingCosts - remainingBalance; var equityGain = netSaleProceeds - downPayment;

// 7. Total Returns
var totalCashFlow = annualCashFlow * holdPeriod;
var totalProfit = totalCashFlow + equityGain;
// Total ROI = Total Profit / Total Initial Investment
var totalROI = totalInitial > 0 ? (totalProfit / totalInitial) * 100 : 0;
// Annualized ROI = (1 + Total ROI)^(1/holdPeriod) - 1
var annualizedROI = totalInitial > 0 && totalProfit + totalInitial > 0
? (Math.pow((totalProfit + totalInitial) / totalInitial, 1 / holdPeriod) - 1) * 100
0;

// ── Populate Results ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── document.getElementById('com-egi').textContent = comFmt(effectiveGrossIncome); document.getElementById('com-toe').textContent = comFmt(totalOpEx); document.getElementById('com-noi').textContent = comFmt(noi); document.getElementById('com-ads').textContent = comFmt(annualDebtService); document.getElementById('com-acf').textContent = comFmt(annualCashFlow);

document.getElementById('com-cap-rate').textContent = comFmtPct(capRate); document.getElementById('com-coc').textContent = comFmtPct(cashOnCash); document.getElementById('com-grm').textContent = comFmtX(grm); document.getElementById('com-dscr').textContent = isFinite(dscr) ? comFmtX(dscr) : 'N/A (no debt)'; document.getElementById('com-beo').textContent = comFmtPct(beo);

document.getElementById('com-tii').textContent = comFmt(totalInitial); document.getElementById('com-loan-amt').textContent = comFmt(loanAmount); document.getElementById('com-fpv').textContent = comFmt(futureValue); document.getElementById('com-equity').textContent = comFmt(netSaleProceeds); document.getElementById('com-total-profit').textContent= comFmt(totalProfit);

document.getElementById('com-total-roi').textContent = comFmtPct(totalROI); document.getElementById('com-annualized-roi').textContent = comFmtPct(annualizedROI); document.getElementById('com-total-cf').textContent = comFmt(totalCashFlow); document.getElementById('com-equity-gain').textContent = comFmt(equityGain);

resEl.style.display = 'block'; }

#### Formulas Used

Effective Gross Income (EGI): EGI = Gross Rent × (1 − Vacancy Rate) + Other Income

Net Operating Income (NOI): NOI = EGI − Total Operating Expenses

Monthly Mortgage Payment: M = P × [r(1+r)ⁿ] / [(1+r)ⁿ − 1] where P = loan principal, r = monthly interest rate, n = total monthly payments

Annual Cash Flow: Cash Flow = NOI − Annual Debt Service

Cap Rate: Cap Rate = NOI / Purchase Price × 100

Cash-on-Cash Return: CoC = Annual Cash Flow / Total Initial Investment × 100

Gross Rent Multiplier (GRM): GRM = Purchase Price / Gross Annual Rent

Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR): DSCR = NOI / Annual Debt Service

Break-Even Occupancy: BEO = (Operating Expenses + Debt Service) / Gross Rent × 100

Future Property Value: FV = Purchase Price × (1 + Appreciation Rate)^Hold Period

Remaining Loan Balance: B = P × [(1+r)ⁿ − (1+r)ᵖ] / [(1+r)ⁿ − 1] where p = payments made at time of sale

Total ROI: Total ROI = (Total Cash Flow + Equity Gain) / Total Initial Investment × 100

Annualized ROI: Annualized ROI = [(Total Return / Initial Investment)^(1/Years) − 1] × 100

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