Every Zilculator Report Now Writes Its Own Summary
Your report already has the numbers. Cap rate, cash flow, rule of 70, comps, rehab. What it hasn’t had is the paragraph at the top — the one your buyer-client actually reads before they scroll.
That paragraph is now written for you.
Contents
What it is
Every report you create opens with a section called Investment Highlights: a short, plain-English summary of the deal, built from the figures in your own analysis. It appears in the online report and in the PDF. It generates automatically when you save — there’s nothing to set up and nothing to turn on.
It’s written to be forwarded. Third person, no internal jargon, no “I” or “we,” so you can send it to a client as it is or paste it straight into an email.
What it looks like
6247 Cranberry Ln E in Jacksonville, FL is a 3-bed, 2-bath, 1,294-square-foot single-family home built in 1991 — and at $152,000 with a $29,200 rehab estimate and an ARV of $223,000, the analysis indicates $36,760 in projected equity creation before the income picture even begins.
On the income side, projected monthly rent of $1,775 sits above the Rentometer median of $1,665, supporting an annual NOI of $13,416 and a 6% cap rate. Annual cash flow is projected at $4,084, with a cash-on-cash return of 5.7% — solid, though not outsized. Five sales comps average $242,580, which is consistent with the ARV. The value-add equity play is the lead story here: the rehab positions the buyer well above purchase basis before stabilized income kicks in.
Sample Investment Highlights Section
What it won’t do
This matters more than the feature itself, because this document leaves your hands and goes to a client.
It only uses numbers that are already in your report. It doesn’t calculate anything new, it doesn’t estimate, and it doesn’t pull in facts about the neighborhood or the market that it can’t see. If a data point is missing, it’s simply left out.
It also doesn’t talk a weak deal up. If the cash flow is negative, the summary says so, in a sentence of its own. If a flip fails the 70% rule, it says that too. A summary that only ever sounds optimistic is worthless to the client receiving it — and worse, it’s a liability for the professional who sent it.
You stay in control
The summary is a first draft, not a verdict. Every report lets you:
- Edit it inline — rewrite any sentence, add what you know about the buyer that the report doesn’t.
- Set the tone — Formal, Conversational, or Confident.
- Set the length — Short or Standard.
- Write for a lender instead of a buyer — switch the audience and the emphasis changes.
- Regenerate it if you’d rather start over.
One of the first users rewrote a memo into second person and added details the report never had — their client’s existing 3% mortgage, a three-year hold, no interest in a 1031. That’s exactly the point. The draft does the writing; you do the knowing.
See it in a live sample report →
It’s in every plan, and it’s live now
No add-on, no upgrade. Log in and analyze a property — the next report you generate will have it.
One more thing: prices change October 1
Zilculator’s pricing hasn’t changed since 2016. On October 1 it does:
- Pro: $19 → $29/mo
- Premium: $29 → $49/mo
If you’re already a subscriber, nothing changes for you. Your rate stays where it is for as long as your subscription stays active. You don’t need to do anything.
If you’re not subscribed right now, subscribing before October 1 locks in current pricing for as long as you stay. On annual billing, Premium is $278 for the year today — the same plan started in October costs $588.
Jan Kincl
Jan Kincl is the Founder & CEO of Zilculator. A real estate investor and real estate data geek by heart.