Proof of ROI
Should I buy this flip
Know the return before you buy. File free on proofofroi.com. Then the wall.
Should I buy this flip Chicago is the question before you wire earnest — not after the tour talk. Proof of ROI answers with Buy, Renegotiate, or Pass plus a max safe offer. Not a red-flag checklist, not a post-inspection blog, and not a phone call first. Run a File free on proofofroi.com. Then the wall: $199/mo — We run the deal in 60 seconds and cost the rehab.
Searching should I buy this flip Chicago usually lands on permit guides, rehab cost-per-square-foot blogs, free flip calculators that blank the rehab cell, or a 70% rule explainer. Those pages help you think. They do not print a dated Buy / Renegotiate / Pass after rehab, sell costs, buy-close costs, hold, and a margin floor — so you still do not know whether the ask clears before you chase the door.
Buy when the ask clears — Renegotiate or Pass when it does not
Here is how the File draws the line for a Chicago / Chicagoland fix and flip. Mid ARV comes from comps you can defend. Rehab stays Construction Proof (pending) until a Proof stamp — we cost the rehab from subject photos + the sold rehab you want to look like. Sell costs, buy-close costs, and hold cost sit in the stack so tax and carry are not an afterthought. Margin is not optional: at least $25k or 12% of mid ARV, whichever is higher. Max safe offer is mid ARV minus mid rehab minus those costs minus margin.
If the ask sits under the max and worst-case holds, that is a Buy you can show a lender or partner. If the ask sits over the max but worst-case still clears, that is Renegotiate — cut the price or walk. If worst-case profit is red, that is a Pass. Not a meeting. Renegotiate is not “ask for a credit and hope.” Pass is not a feeling. Both print from the same stack so you know the return before you buy.
Flips fail when carry eats the spread, when transfer and sell costs were never modeled, or when the exit finish never matched the ARV you wrote down. A free 70% rule screen skips that stack. A checklist that says “two high-severity flags = walk” still leaves you guessing the dollar. The File forces the stack into one page so you see red before you buy. Live File prints ARV from comps. Proof is the Construction stamp — 2 per month. Photos + the sold rehab you want to look like cost the rehab. Extra Proof $129; unused don’t roll. Soft DEMO comps when live data is not used. Construction Proof (photos + sold flip) is not a contractor bid.
Who this is for: investors typing should I buy this flip Chicago; operators who already walked a deal on a gut call and still want a number; partners who will not fund off a group-chat screenshot; hard-money desks that want Buy / Renegotiate / Pass on one dated page. What this is not: a homes-for-sale page, a foreclosure hub, a promised-return pitch, or a phone-first sales desk. Public phone (708) 901-1805 lives in the footer only. The File is the funnel.
Run the same door from proofofroi.com or mitchandbanc.com/profit. Sibling job pages: max safe offer, rehab cost, construction loan packet, target sold rehab, carry cost.
The File prints Buy, Renegotiate, or Pass.