A DealCheck alternative that shows you the market, not just the deal
DealCheck is a good calculator. You bring a property, fill in the assumptions, and it returns cap rate, cash-on-cash, BRRRR and flip numbers. The catch is that the output is only as good as the assumptions, and the two that move it most, property tax and insurance, are the ones you have to guess.
Curb Report starts from the market instead. Curb Check runs the same core math on any Zillow or Redfin listing, but the tax and insurance inputs come from that county's actual data, and the answer sits next to the crash risk, the 12-month forecast and the carrying cost of owning there. Free to start, $19.99/mo paid.
Inputs you don't have to guess
Property tax rate and a modelled insurance cost come from local data rather than a field you fill in yourself. Those two assumptions swing cash-on-cash more than almost anything else.
The market around the deal
A 7% cap rate in a market with elevated crash risk and falling inventory is a different deal from the same 7% somewhere stable. Curb Report puts both numbers on the same screen.
Find markets, not just check them
Screen every U.S. county by cash flow, cap rate, forecast or risk to decide where to look. A calculator can only tell you about a property you already found.
Curb Report vs DealCheck, feature by feature
Curb Report leads on 12 of 21 rows compared. DealCheck is a focused property-level deal calculator with detailed financing, rehab and exit modelling.
| Feature | Curb Report | DealCheck |
|---|---|---|
| Deal analysis | ||
| Analyze a listing from a URL | Curb Check | |
| Cap rate & cash-on-cash return | ||
| Detailed financing & rehab inputs | Simplified | |
| BRRRR and flip projections | ||
| Property tax auto-filled from local data | Manual / estimate | |
| Insurance cost estimated from local model | Manual | |
| Market context behind the numbers | ||
| 100+ metrics per county & ZIP | ||
| Housing crash-risk score | ||
| 12-month price forecast | ||
| Climate & hazard exposure | ||
| Cash-flow rankings across all counties | ||
| Side-by-side market comparison | ||
| Daily mortgage-rate context | ||
| Working with the data | ||
| Market screener across every score | ||
| Watchlist with change alerts | Saved properties | |
| Chrome extension while browsing listings | ||
| Shareable client-facing report | ||
| Custom multi-metric charts | ||
| Price | ||
| Free tier | Yes, no card | Yes, limited |
| Entry paid plan | $19.99/moStarter | See their site |
| Top plan | $39.99/moPro | See their site |
Where DealCheck is the better choice
We wrote this page, so treat the table above accordingly. Here is where DealCheck genuinely wins, and where you should pick it over us.
Detailed deal modelling
DealCheck goes far deeper on a single property: financing structures, rehab budgets, holding costs, BRRRR refinance math and flip exit scenarios. Curb Check deliberately keeps its inputs simple. If you are underwriting a complex rehab, DealCheck models it and we do not.
Property-level comps
DealCheck pulls sales and rental comps for the specific address. Curb Report's data is market-level (county and ZIP), so for a final valuation on one property you will still want comps from DealCheck or your MLS.
Questions
Is Curb Report a good DealCheck alternative?
It depends which half of the job you need. For deciding which market to buy in, and for deal math where property tax and insurance come from real local data rather than your own guess, Curb Report is the stronger tool. For detailed rehab, financing and BRRRR modelling on one property, DealCheck is more capable and we say so plainly.
Can Curb Report analyze a listing like DealCheck?
Yes. Curb Check takes a Zillow or Redfin URL and returns gross yield, cap rate and cash-on-cash return, with property tax and an insurance estimate pulled from that county's data, plus a risk flag drawn from the local crash-risk and climate scores.
What does Curb Report add that a deal calculator doesn't?
The market layer: 100+ metrics across 3,000+ counties and 26,000+ ZIPs, a crash-risk score, a 12-month price forecast, climate and hazard exposure, carrying cost, and a screener that ranks every county by cash flow or cap rate so you can choose where to look in the first place.
How much does Curb Report cost?
The free tier covers 65 metrics across every U.S. county and ZIP with no card required. Starter is $19.99/month, Pro is $39.99/month. Check DealCheck's site for their current pricing.
Is this comparison biased?
We wrote it, so yes. We have described DealCheck from public information and named above the two areas where it clearly beats us. If we have got something wrong, tell us and we will fix it.
See the data before you pay for anything
Curb Report's free tier covers home values, growth, inventory, population and income across every U.S. county and ZIP. No card required.
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