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Flipper Stud vs Spreadsheets for House Flipping
When Excel or Google Sheets is enough for a flip — and when operators outgrow them for budget vs actual, rehab tracking, and capital runway.
Updated April 1, 2026
Most flippers start in a spreadsheet. Purchase, rehab estimate, ARV, and a profit line — it works for the first deal. The pain starts when you have two or three jobs live, invoices arriving mid-week, and capital tied up across LLCs with no single view of runway.
What spreadsheets do well
- One-off underwrites and offer math on a single deal
- Custom formulas you already trust
- Zero software cost and full control of the file
- Sharing a static workbook with a lender or partner
Where spreadsheets break on live flips
- Budget vs actual drifts as trades change orders and invoices land
- Version chaos — “final_v7_REAL.xlsx” across email and Drive
- No shared project board for phases, tasks, and punch lists
- Capital and cash forecasting stay manual across multiple deals
- Teammates overwrite cells or work off stale copies
Feature comparison
| Capability | Spreadsheets | Flipper Stud |
|---|---|---|
| Deal underwriting (flip / wholesale / BRRRR) | Manual templates | Built-in deal calculators |
| Scope & rehab estimate | Tab or separate file | Scope builder tied to the job |
| Budget vs actual | You update cells | Live against invoices & payments |
| Project / phase tracking | Not really | Phases, tasks, trades, punch |
| Capital & cash runway | Separate model per portfolio | Portfolio runway across flips |
| Team access | File sharing | Permissions per person |
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Underwrite a deal, run budget vs actual, and see capital runway — then decide.
Start Free TrialWhen Flipper Stud is the right choice
Choose Flipper Stud when you are running multiple flips or BRRRRs, need budget vs actual that matches what vendors billed, and want to see cash tied up versus cash coming free before you bid the next deal. Keep QuickBooks for books and your CRM for contacts — Flipper Stud is the operating system for the flip itself.
Start with a 30-day free trial (no credit card). Import the deal you’re underwriting now and see whether the runway view replaces the spreadsheet stack you maintain by hand.
Start free
30-day free trial. No credit card.
Underwrite a deal, run budget vs actual, and see capital runway — then decide.
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