Finance · Property Investment

Earnest Money Calculator

Calculate a property acquisition deposit and remaining purchase price from entered terms.

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Quick guide

How to use this calculator

  1. Enter a single internally consistent property scenario.
  2. Use the field labels to preserve each page's specific investment, transaction, lease, development, or lodging convention.
  3. Review the calculator-specific boundary before interpreting the result.

Calculation method

Calculation method

Deposit = purchase price × deposit rate + additional fixed deposit.

Entered fixed decimals use exact rational arithmetic except the explicitly approximate IRR root. Money rounds only for display and supported nonzero amounts remain visible.

Worked example

Worked example

2% of 400,000 plus 2,000 additional deposit gives 10,000 total deposit.

Deposit = purchase price × deposit rate + additional fixed deposit.

Supported inputs

Precision and limits

Visible input limits

Amounts accept up to 30 digits and 12 decimal places and are capped at 1e12 per input. Whole-number periods are capped at the page's stated range; rates are capped at 1000%.

International scope

No currency, tax regime, lease law, lender threshold, local market feed, appraisal, or jurisdiction-specific charge is assumed.

Decision boundary

Results are visitor-entered arithmetic scenarios, not appraisals, forecasts, loan approvals, legal or tax determinations, or investment recommendations.

Calculator-specific assumptions

Deposit terminology, refundability, escrow, deadlines, and legal effect depend on the contract and jurisdiction.