Real estate education built around real deals
Learn real estate by analyzing real deals.
PropertyU teaches you how real estate investing works, then gives you the tools to practice underwriting rental properties, understand the numbers, and evaluate deals yourself.
Learn the concepts. Apply them in Deal Lab. Understand the deal.
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Sample property · 2 units
- Purchase Price
- $350,000
- Monthly Rent
- $3,600
- NOI
- $27,540
- Cap Rate
- 7.87%
NOI — income remaining after operating expenses, before debt payments.
How it works
From learning the basics to underwriting a deal
PropertyU combines real estate education with tools that let you immediately apply what you learn.
Understand the fundamentals
Income, expenses, financing, property types, market research, and investment risk.
Analyze properties
Enter property and loan assumptions and calculate the metrics investors actually use.
Build experience before risking capital
Use fictional deals, sensitivity scenarios, quizzes, and the Deal Lab to practice evaluating investments.
Learn then apply
Every lesson connects to a real calculation
You learn a concept, then use it on a deal the same day.
Real estate fundamentals
Lesson 04
Learn NOI
Net operating income is what the property earns before debt payments.
- Gross potential income
- $43,200
- − Vacancy (5%)
- −$2,160
- − Operating expenses
- −$13,500
- = Net operating income
- $27,540
Example deal
See what a deal looks like inside PropertyU
Explore a fictional rental property and see how income, expenses, financing, and returns connect.
Maple Street Duplex
Fictional educational example · Mid-Atlantic metro
Property
Operations
Returns
Calculated with the same formulas used inside the Deal Lab.
Explore Example DealWhy PropertyU
Built for people learning how deals actually work
Simple explanations
Learn real estate terminology without unnecessary jargon.
Real calculations
See how changing assumptions affects investment results.
Practice deals
Work through fictional investments before analyzing your own.
One connected platform
Move from lessons to calculators to complete underwriting.
Start learning
Understand the numbers behind real estate deals.
Learn the concepts, practice the calculations, and start analyzing properties with confidence.
Educational tools and estimates only. PropertyU is not an investment adviser, lender, broker, attorney, accountant, or appraiser.