Strong $284,900
1428 Maplewood Dr
3 bd · 2 ba · 1,840 sqft 🔻 Price cut
Cap rate
7.4%
Rent est
$2,250
Rent·Price
0.79%
Top cap rate on this page. Rent sits ~8% under market, so there's room to push.
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Strong 
Fair $329,000
77 Bryden Rd
4 bd · 2 ba · 2,110 sqft · 47 days
Cap rate
5.9%
Rent est
$2,400
Rent·Price
0.73%
47 days on market. Ask harder; the numbers work only after a price concession.
Most listings aren't deals. Finding the ones that are takes too long.
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Top cap rate on this page Below-market rent · upside 47 days on market · ask harder
6 results · Columbus, OH Sort by Scout match
Strong $262,000
915 Oakland Park Ave
3 bd · 2 ba · 1,720 sqft
Cap
7.8%
Rent
$2,200
R·P
0.84%
Strong $298,500
2204 Indianola Ave
4 bd · 3 ba · 2,050 sqft
Cap
7.1%
Rent
$2,450
R·P
0.82%
Fair $341,000
560 Hamilton Rd
3 bd · 2 ba · 1,990 sqft
Cap
5.6%
Rent
$2,300
R·P
0.67%
Weak $419,000
88 Drexel Ave
4 bd · 3 ba · 2,400 sqft
Cap
4.3%
Rent
$2,500
R·P
0.60%
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Negotiation target. A recommended offer and the leverage to back it.
Personalized fit. How it lines up with your goals and risk tolerance.
1428 Maplewood Dr · Rental ScoutSense
82/100 Strong buyHigh confidence
A well-priced 3/2 in a steady rental submarket. Rent sits ~8% under comparable units, so a modest bump funds the cash-flow case even before appreciation. The recent price cut and 30+ days on market hand you real negotiating room.
Top risks
MED×LOWDeferred roof. Budget ~$9k in year one.
LOW×LOWVacancy. Submarket absorption is healthy.
Negotiation target
$268,000
Leverage: price cut, 30+ DOM, roof age
Data quality: comps strong · rent estimate extrapolated from 4 units
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1428 Maplewood Dr · asking $284,900
What does your $268k target do to the numbers?
Cap rate moves from 7.4% to 7.9%, and monthly cash flow clears $260 at your loan terms.
RecalculatedThis deal's comps
And if the roof goes in year one?
Budget ~$9k. The $16,900 below asking at the target covers it with margin, which is the leverage the negotiation brief leans on.
Built for the part where deals are won or lost.
It reasons about the deal, then shows its work.
ScoutSense returns a narrative, a full risk register with mitigations, a negotiation target, and a straight answer on personalized fit, not just a number and a cap rate.
MED×LOW Deferred roof · budget ~$9k year one
LOW×LOW Vacancy · healthy absorption
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Real public data
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Every analysis shows its confidence and the reasons. A high score on shaky data gets flagged.
RentCastFEMAUS CensusFHFA
Data qualityScoutSense
Highconfidence · 4 of 5 drivers strong
8 sold comps within 0.6 mi · last 90 days
Market trend & tax history present
Flood zone X · low risk (FEMA)
Rent estimate extrapolated from 4 units
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What is CapScout?
CapScout is an AI-powered real estate investment analysis platform for individual investors. It triages every listing in a search with an instant ScoutScore, then runs a full ScoutSense underwrite (deal narrative, risks, comps, and a negotiation target) on the ones worth a closer look, for both rentals and fix-and-flips.
How does CapScout work?
Search any market by the criteria you actually underwrite, like a minimum cap rate, rent-to-price ratio, or a maximum ARV ratio. ScoutScore bands the whole results page instantly so you know which listings deserve attention. Run ScoutSense on the keepers for a structured underwrite, then model the deal, save an alert, or share a branded report.
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Who is CapScout for?
Individual real estate investors who vet many listings to find the few that pencil, across buy-and-hold and fix-and-flip, plus investor-friendly agents and brokerages who want white-label analysis to share with clients.
How accurate is the AI analysis?
Every ScoutSense analysis is grounded in real market, flood, census, and appreciation data, and it shows its confidence level and flags thin inputs instead of hiding them. It is an underwriting opinion meant to speed your own due diligence, not a guarantee or a replacement for it.
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