24 Engine

Lease analysis software

Lease economics brokers can defend.

Model NER, PV, free rent, TI, taxes, and side-by-side scenarios from one auditable, month-by-month engine. Built for tenant-rep brokers, landlord teams, and tenant CFOs who have to explain the number, not just produce it.

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Why this exists

Brokers don't lose time because lease math is impossible. They lose it because every proposal becomes another spreadsheet version, every concession changes the story, and the client still asks why one NER doesn't match another. 24 Engine keeps the model, assumptions, and deliverables in one auditable place.

Capabilities built for the conversation, not just the calc.

Every number that lands in a client deck is traceable to its assumption. Every scenario is comparable on the same axes. Every export is the same engine.

01

Three NER conventions, calculated in parallel

PV-Discounted Broker NER, institutional NER, and all-in occupancy NER are produced separately so deal-comparison, landlord, and CFO conversations don't blur into a single misleading number. Switch views without re-running the model.

02

Month-by-month cash flow engine

Base rent, free rent, TI, escalations, utilities, incentives, taxes, and dated adjustments roll through monthly cash flows. No annual shortcut math. Works whether the deal commences mid-month or mid-quarter.

03

Market-specific tax and incentive handling

NYC CRT, DOF, PLUTO, ICAP, REAP, and Porter's Wage live alongside Chicago PIN and Cook County tax logic. Real parcel data, not a flat percentage estimate.

04

Side-by-side scenario comparison

Compare two, three, or six scenarios on NER, PV, free rent value, TI, escalations, total occupancy cost, and ASC 842 schedules. The comparison view is what brokers actually send to clients.

05

PDF extraction and lease intake

Upload a proposal PDF and the deal points populate a scenario in seconds. Edit, override, and re-run without retyping numbers from a real estate brokerage's flier.

06

Client-ready artifacts from one source

PDF reports, Excel workbooks, shareable read-only links, sensitivity tables, and GAAP straight-line schedules generate from the same scenario. No reconciling versions across files.

Built for everyone in the lease conversation.

Tenant-rep brokers, landlord teams, sublandlord teams, and tenant CFOs all work from the same model. No one is rebuilding someone else's spreadsheet.

Tenant-rep broker

Compare proposals you can defend

Walk a client through how free rent, TI, tax, and escalation clauses move the answer. Show the math, not just the conclusion. Replace the deal-specific Excel that breaks every time concessions change.

Tenant finance

Review without rebuilding

Open the broker's scenario, see PV, all-in occupancy cost, and ASC 842 straight-line schedules without rebuilding their model. Override assumptions, sign off, or kick back.

Landlord / sublandlord

Underwrite from the other side

Income, downtime carry, recovery, spread, and net disposition economics in the same engine the tenant side is using. Negotiate on shared math.

Markets

New York City Live Chicago Live Boston In development

Glossary

The vocabulary the product expects you to know — and the vocabulary the product actually models.

Net Effective Rent NER

A per-square-foot summary of lease economics, net of concessions like free rent and TI. NER conventions vary across brokers, landlords, and CFOs — there is no single industry definition. 24 Engine computes three in parallel: PV-Discounted Broker NER (annuitized rent stream at the NER discount rate, minus amortized TI), institutional NER (present-value-weighted market-comp metric), and all-in occupancy NER (folds in OpEx, real estate tax, utilities, and other pass-throughs).

Present Value PV

The discounted value of future lease cash flows. Used to compare deals with different terms, escalations, and concession timing on equal footing. 24 Engine discounts monthly, not annually.

Per Square Foot PSF

The unit of comparison in commercial leasing. Rent, NER, occupancy cost, and operating expenses are all expressed PSF so deals of different sizes can be compared.

Tenant Improvement TI

Landlord-funded buildout allowance, expressed as a dollar amount or PSF. TI is a concession that materially moves NER and PV; treating it as an above-the-line credit versus an amortized cost changes the answer.

Escalations

The annual increase applied to base rent. Fixed (e.g. 3% per year), CPI-linked, or stepped to a stated PSF. Compounding matters — a 3% annual bump over 10 years adds 30% in cumulative dollars, not 30 PSF.

All-in Occupancy Cost

Base rent plus operating expenses, real estate taxes, utilities, and any other tenant-paid charges. The number a CFO actually budgets against. Always higher than face rent.

ASC 842

The GAAP lease accounting standard. 24 Engine produces a straight-line expense schedule and deferred rent impact per scenario, suitable for review and reconciliation alongside your accounting system. Full ROU asset and lease liability rollforwards are on the roadmap.

Free Rent

Months at the start of the term where no base rent is due. Often the largest single concession in a deal. Modeled as a discrete cash-flow gap, not a blended PSF reduction.

Frequently asked questions

If something here isn't answered, write to support@24engine.com or open the app and try a sample deal.

How is Net Effective Rent calculated in 24 Engine?
24 Engine calculates three NER conventions in parallel. PV-Discounted Broker NER annuitizes the contractual rent stream at the scenario's NER discount rate and subtracts the amortized TI allowance, isolating deal-term economics for broker comparison; only landlord concessions flow in, so tax abatements, employment credits, and energy rebates are reported separately. Institutional NER is the present-value-weighted market-comp metric used for landlord and valuation lenses. All-in occupancy NER folds in operating expense escalations, real estate taxes, utilities, and other pass-throughs so the CFO sees the budgeted number.
Does 24 Engine replace Argus?
24 Engine focuses on lease and occupancy cost modeling for tenant-rep, landlord-rep, and CFO conversations. It is not a full asset-level discounted cash flow underwriting tool. Brokers use it to replace per-deal Excel modeling and produce client-ready deliverables without Argus seat costs or certification requirements.
Which markets does 24 Engine support today?
NYC and Chicago are live. NYC includes CRT, DOF, PLUTO, ICAP, REAP, and Porter's Wage handling. Chicago includes PIN-level parcel data and Cook County tax logic. Boston is in development; other markets follow on demand.
My deals aren't in NYC or Chicago. Can I still use it?
Yes, with a caveat. The core engine — base rent, free rent, TI, escalations, PV, NER, all-in occupancy cost, ASC 842 schedules — is market-agnostic and works on any US lease. What's market-specific is the tax and incentive module: NYC and Chicago have native handling, while other markets require you to enter local taxes and one-time costs or credits as scenario inputs. If you're comfortable doing that, the rest of the model produces the same defensible output. Talk to us about adding your market natively — we prioritize by demand.
Can I import a lease proposal PDF?
Yes. Upload a proposal PDF and 24 Engine extracts term, base rent, escalations, free rent, TI, operating expense base year, and other deal points into a scenario you can review and edit. Override anything; the engine re-runs in real time.
Does 24 Engine support ASC 842 lease accounting?
24 Engine produces a GAAP straight-line expense schedule and deferred rent impact for every scenario — suitable for ASC 842 review and reconciliation alongside your accounting system. Full right-of-use asset and lease liability rollforwards are on the roadmap.
Can I share a deal with my client without giving them a seat?
Yes. Generate a read-only shareable link, a branded PDF report, or an Excel workbook from any scenario. Clients see the same numbers without needing to log in or learn the tool.
How is this different from a spreadsheet?
A spreadsheet has no concept of "scenario." Every concession change forks a new file. Every NER convention is a separate sheet. Every assumption lives in a cell that nobody else can audit. 24 Engine treats scenarios as first-class objects, every value carries provenance (input, computed, external, estimate), and the audit trail follows the deal from intake to client deliverable.
Is the data secure?
Deals are scoped to your account. Read-only share links can be revoked. Uploaded PDFs are processed in-region and not used to train external models. Talk to us about specific tenancy or compliance requirements.

Try it on your next proposal.

Start from a sample deal, build a scenario from scratch, or upload a proposal PDF. Free to try; no credit card.