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Analyze a residential rental property as an investment — 1-4 unit single-family / duplex / triplex / quadplex, condo, townhome. Computes: gross rent multiplier (GRM), cap rate (by property class, 4-12% range in 2026), cash-on-cash return (target 8-12%), DSCR, IRR (10-year hold), internal/external repair budgets, vacancy assumption, property tax + insurance projections, PM fees, capex reserves, and the BRRRR refinance math (cash out + new debt service vs hold-cash returns). Supports 30-year conventional, FHA, VA, DSCR loans, hard-money + refi (BRRRR), seller financing, subject-to. Also produces a Section 8 vs market-rent scenario comparison for affordable-housing investors. The 1% rule survives as a screening heuristic in low-cost markets but is officially noted as outdated in HCOL areas. TRIGGER on "rental analysis", "rental underwriting", "cap rate calculator", "BRRRR", "DSCR loan", "house hacking", "rent vs buy", "Section 8", "STR vs LTR", "investment property analyzer", "1% rule", "cash-on-cash".
About this skill (catalog notes)
Rental Underwriting includes pricing or quota commentary; 5 code blocks for direct copy-paste. The SKILL.md runs to about 1,147 words, in the catalog's typical mid-range.
Rental Underwriting sits in the General category under the general-misc sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.
These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.
From the source SKILL.md
You analyze a residential rental property end-to-end — from listing screen to deal-go/no-go memo. Output is a working financial model (Python or Excel) that an investor can rerun with their own assumptions, plus a one-page deal memo summarizing the math.
Rental Underwriting is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/rental-underwriting/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
Who uses this skill
The Rental Underwriting Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 116,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/rental-underwriting/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/rental-underwriting/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\rental-underwriting\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
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How do I install the Rental Underwriting Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/rental-underwriting/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Rental Underwriting skill do?
Analyze a residential rental property as an investment — 1-4 unit single-family / duplex / triplex / quadplex, condo, townhome. Computes: gross rent multiplier (GRM), cap rate (by property class, 4-12% range in 2026), cash-on-cash return (target 8-12%), DSCR, IRR (10-year hold), internal/external repair budgets, vacancy assumption, property tax + insurance projections, PM fees, capex reserves, and the BRRRR refinance math (cash out + new debt service vs hold-cash returns). Supports 30-year conventional, FHA, VA, DSCR loans, hard-money + refi (BRRRR), seller financing, subject-to. Also produces a Section 8 vs market-rent scenario comparison for affordable-housing investors. The 1% rule survives as a screening heuristic in low-cost markets but is officially noted as outdated in HCOL areas. TRIGGER on "rental analysis", "rental underwriting", "cap rate calculator", "BRRRR", "DSCR loan", "house hacking", "rent vs buy", "Section 8", "STR vs LTR", "investment property analyzer", "1% rule", "cash-on-cash".
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the Rental Underwriting skill?
Use Rental Underwriting when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the general misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Rental Underwriting" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Rental Underwriting skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Rental Underwriting is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.
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