Patent ID: 8321319

Claim:
A method for analyzing an investment in a rental property, comprising: obtaining identification information of the rental property, wherein the identification information identifies the rental property to a real estate listing service and a government organization; submitting, by a processor of a computer system, a first request to the real estate listing service based on the identification information; receiving, by the processor, first property information comprising historical rent data of local comparable properties, current market rent data of the local comparable properties, and purchase price history from the real estate listing service based on the first request; submitting, by the processor, a second request to the government organization based on the identification information; receiving, by the processor, second property information comprising property tax and a rent control rule of the rental property from the government organization based on the second request; obtaining investment parameters comprising down payment amount, mortgage information, and an inflation rate estimate from an investor of the investment in the rental property; analyzing, by the processor and prior to making the investment, the investment in the rental property based on the investment parameters, the first property information, and the second property information to generate an analysis result, wherein the investment is analyzed on a net present value basis using the inflation rate estimate; adjusting, by the processor and prior to making the investment, the down payment amount, the mortgage information, and the inflation rate estimate to optimize the analysis result, resulting in an optimized analysis result; and generating, by the processor, a report based on the optimized analysis result.