BrickROI vs DealCheck: an honest comparison for Canadian deals
DealCheck is a good tool. It has analysed a lot of deals for a lot of investors. The catch is simple: it was built for the United States, and a Canadian deal runs on different rules. Here is where each tool fits.
Where DealCheck is genuinely good
DealCheck has been around a long time, it is cheap, and the mobile app is handy when you are standing in a property. For a US investor running buy-and-hold or BRRRR numbers, it does the job, and plenty of Canadian investors have used it as a starting outline. One long-time user said he analysed all 35 of his units with it. If your deals are in the US, DealCheck is a reasonable pick and this page is not for you.
Where it falls short for a Canadian deal
The honest problem is Canadian rules. DealCheck treats Canada as a manual override on a US tool. A Capterra reviewer put it plainly: it is "for US Market only. Can't do comparables, or rent comps in canada." That is the gap.
| Capability | DealCheck | BrickROI |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian rent and sales comps | No | Yes |
| CMHC insurance math | No | Yes |
| MLI Select points scoring | No | Yes |
| Provincial rent-cap automation | No | Yes |
| Municipal mill rates loaded | No | 55 cities, live |
| GST handling on new builds | No | Yes |
| 40-year amortisation path | Manual | Built in |
| Paste a realtor.ca URL to auto-fill | No | Yes |
| Reads your specific deal and answers what-ifs | No | Deal Mentor |
| Lender PDF formatted for Canadian banks | US format | Canadian format |
| Price | USD ~$20/mo Pro | CAD $27 Foundation / $97 Pro |
Why the Canadian rules matter
This is not a feature checklist for its own sake. A Calgary investor warned on a forum that CMHC premiums "can easily add $10k+ to your numbers." If your tool does not carry CMHC math, that ten thousand dollars is a surprise you find at the lender meeting, not on your screen. The same goes for MLI Select, where a 1.10 DSCR and a 40-year amortisation can turn a deal that looked dead into a deal that works. A US tool will not show you that path because it does not know the path exists.
There is also the second-opinion gap. DealCheck is a calculator. It runs the math and stops. BrickROI's Deal Mentor reads the specific deal in front of you and talks through the what-ifs, the way an experienced investor would if you had one on call at 11 p.m.
See the difference on your own deal.
Paste a Canadian listing into BrickROI and watch the CMHC and MLI Select paths appear next to the standard numbers. Two minutes, no signup to try.
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Does DealCheck work in Canada?
You can enter Canadian numbers by hand, but it has no Canadian comps, no CMHC or MLI Select math, no mill rates, and no Canadian lender format. Reviewers describe it as a US-market tool.
Is BrickROI more expensive than DealCheck?
Foundation is CAD $27 a month, close to DealCheck's Pro tier in dollar terms, but with the Canadian rules built in. Pro is CAD $97 and adds the portfolio-aware Deal Mentor.
Can I switch from DealCheck easily?
Yes. There is nothing to import. Paste a Canadian listing URL and the property data fills itself in.