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rent vs buy estimate

Compare the net cost of owning against renting over a holding period and find the break-even year. Owning nets upfront cash and recurring carrying costs against

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$Set up https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/SKILL.md, then use Cracked to run mcp-com-candidcost-mcp /rent_vs_buy_estimate for me.

Input

FieldTypeDescription
homePrice*numberHome price in US dollars
monthlyRent*numberComparable monthly rent in US dollars
downPaymentPctnumberDown payment as a percent of price default 10
rateAnnualPctnumberAnnual interest rate percent default 6.5
termYearsintegerLoan term in years default 30
holdingYearsintegerHow many years you plan to stay before selling default 7
propertyTaxRatePctnumberAnnual property tax rate, % of value default 1.1
insuranceAnnualnumberAnnual homeowners insurance, US dollars default 1800
maintenanceRatePctnumberAnnual maintenance reserve, % of home value default 1
hoaMonthlynumberMonthly HOA dues, US dollars default 0
closingCostPctnumberUpfront buy-side closing costs, % of price default 3
sellingCostPctnumberSelling costs at exit, % of future value default 6
annualAppreciationPctnumberAssumed annual home-price appreciation percent default 3
annualRentIncreasePctnumberAssumed annual rent increase percent default 3
investmentReturnPctnumberAssumed annual return a renter earns on invested cash percent default 5

Call it

curl
curl https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..." -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"provider":"mcp-com-candidcost-mcp","endpoint":"/rent_vs_buy_estimate","input":{"homePrice":1,"monthlyRent":1,"downPaymentPct":10,"rateAnnualPct":6.5,"termYears":30,"holdingYears":7,"propertyTaxRatePct":1.1,"insuranceAnnual":1800,"maintenanceRatePct":1,"hoaMonthly":0,"closingCostPct":3,"sellingCostPct":6,"annualAppreciationPct":3,"annualRentIncreasePct":3,"investmentReturnPct":5}}'
cli
npx cracked-ai run -p mcp-com-candidcost-mcp -e /rent_vs_buy_estimate -i '{"homePrice":1,"monthlyRent":1,"downPaymentPct":10,"rateAnnualPct":6.5,"termYears":30,"holdingYears":7,"propertyTaxRatePct":1.1,"insuranceAnnual":1800,"maintenanceRatePct":1,"hoaMonthly":0,"closingCostPct":3,"sellingCostPct":6,"annualAppreciationPct":3,"annualRentIncreasePct":3,"investmentReturnPct":5}'
mcp
run_tool({ provider: "mcp-com-candidcost-mcp", endpoint: "/rent_vs_buy_estimate", input: {"homePrice":1,"monthlyRent":1,"downPaymentPct":10,"rateAnnualPct":6.5,"termYears":30,"holdingYears":7,"propertyTaxRatePct":1.1,"insuranceAnnual":1800,"maintenanceRatePct":1,"hoaMonthly":0,"closingCostPct":3,"sellingCostPct":6,"annualAppreciationPct":3,"annualRentIncreasePct":3,"investmentReturnPct":5} })

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