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Guides

How to read a housing estimate before you open the calculator. Each guide stays short and ends on the tool that does the math.

• How mortgage payments work

  What sits inside a monthly mortgage payment, and what changes it.

  Uses the Mortgage Calculator

• How much house can you afford?

  A practical way to turn income and debts into a price, before a lender does.

  Uses the Home Affordability Calculator

• Estimating a concrete slab

  How to measure a slab, choose a thickness, and order yards instead of guessing bags.

  Uses the Concrete Slab Calculator

• Rent or buy: how to read the result

  What the rent versus buy comparison is actually measuring, and what it leaves out.

  Uses the Rent vs Buy Calculator

• How much paint for a room

  How room size, coats, and coverage turn into gallons.

  Uses the Paint Calculator