PRACTICAL TOOLS
The Baker House
Toolkit
Every Baker House tool lives in one app — deal math, due diligence, capital stacks, and a 30-day plan, with Richard in the room. Here’s what each one does and how to use it.
WHAT’S INSIDE
Five tools, one app
Each tool was built during a real Baker House deal — opinionated, fast, and made to replace the spreadsheets we got tired of rebuilding. Sign in once and they’re all there.
TOOL 01 · ASK RICHARD
Talk to Richard
Forty years of real estate, named deals, real numbers — built for the underwriting questions that don’t fit on a calendar.
How to use
- Open the app and sign in.
- Ask a real question — a cap rate, a structure, a market read.
- Get an answer in Richard’s voice, backed by four generations of deals.
TOOL 02 · UNDERWRITING
Deal Calculator
Cap rate, DSCR, cash-on-cash — sized at the moment of decision. The numbers you need on the 15-minute call.
How to use
- Open the app → Deal Calculator.
- Enter the price, the income, and your financing.
- Read NOI, cap rate, DSCR, and cash-on-cash instantly.
TOOL 03 · ACQUISITION
Due Diligence
Forty-two items on a radar that closes only when the dossier does — across financial, physical, legal, and market.
How to use
- Open the app → Due Diligence.
- Work the 42-item radar across all four streams.
- The dossier only closes when every item does.
TOOL 04 · STRUCTURE
Capital Stack
Senior, mezz, preferred, common — drawn as blocks, waterfall in sight. The structure, made legible.
How to use
- Open the app → Capital Stack.
- Set your senior, mezz, preferred, and common.
- See it drawn as blocks with the waterfall in sight.
TOOL 05 · EXECUTION
The Thirty-Day Plan
Five commitments, a daily task, a streak. The first month, scored — so the work actually happens.
How to use
- Open the app → The Thirty-Day Plan.
- Commit to five things; do the daily task.
- Build the streak — your first month, scored.
ACCESS & PRICING
How access works
Finished the Boot Camp? Then this is already yours. Every tool, the full Richard — free, for life. It came with your seat.
New to the house? Start today, on us: leave your email and the door opens — five minutes with Ask RICHARD, plus three questions a day.
Ready for more? $40 a month opens everything — every tool, unlimited time with Richard, no meter running.
Your email is your key to the house — it’s how you come in, and how your work follows you.
HOW THE TOOLKIT WORKS
Three principles
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Source
Built from real deals
Every tool ships from a real Baker House transaction. If we did not use it on a deal, it does not go in the toolkit.
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Philosophy
Opinionated, not generic
We pick a defaults stack. You can always edit the underlying assumptions, but the first time you open a tool it has a recommended answer.
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Access
Free to start
Walk in with just an email. Boot Camp graduates hold lifetime access to everything; for everyone else, $40 a month opens every door.