{"id":22,"date":"2026-04-08T16:46:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/kevinpatel\/blog\/points\/final-project-mis2402\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:46:37","slug":"final-project-mis2402","status":"publish","type":"points","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/kevinpatel\/points\/final-project-mis2402\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Project \u2013 MIS2402"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For my MIS 2402 Project, I have built a Rental Property Return on Investment (ROI)<br \/>\nCalculator. This concept sparked from when I was on Airbnb planning a visit to<br \/>\nPoconos. I started to think about all the financial aspects of renting property. I wonder<br \/>\nhow property owners can maintain a profit on their asset. That curiosity led me into<br \/>\nmaking this calculator.<br \/>\nThe application helps potential real estate investors determine if a rental property is a<br \/>\nsound purchase before they commit significant funds. With short-term rental platforms<br \/>\nlike Airbnb and VRBO growing in popularity, more people are looking into real estate<br \/>\nfor passive income. Yet, many new investors lack an easy method to evaluate a<br \/>\nproperty&#8217;s financial promise ahead of time.<br \/>\nUsers input four key details: the property&#8217;s purchase price, down payment percentage,<br \/>\nexpected monthly rental income, and estimated monthly expenses (like property<br \/>\ntaxes, insurance, and maintenance). The application then uses these figures to<br \/>\ncalculate the total down payment, monthly and annual cash flow, and the annual ROI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31049,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","points","type-points","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/kevinpatel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/kevinpatel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/kevinpatel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/points"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/kevinpatel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31049"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/kevinpatel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/kevinpatel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/22\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/kevinpatel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}