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BHPH Payment Calculator

On a buy-here-pay-here deal the payment is the product. Structure the note — down, rate, term, and weekly / bi-weekly / monthly — and see the payment, the total interest, and what it collects per month for your book.

The payment is the product — structure it that way

Most BHPH buyers are shopping the number they have to hit each week, not the sticker price. That's why frequency matters as much as rate: a smaller weekly or bi-weekly amount timed to paydays is easier for a subprime buyer to keep current — and a note that stays current is the whole business. The sale is only real if it collects.

Which is the part a calculator can't do: once the note is written, someone has to record every payment against the balance and see who's behind before it becomes a repo. That's the ledger, not the math.

From note to ledger, on the same deal

DealerVLO structures the note right on the deal and keeps the running ledger for you — every payment posted against the balance, due dates and who's behind visible at a glance. The payment schedule this calculator estimates is generated and tracked automatically, included in the flat price.

  • Structure the note (amount financed, APR, term, frequency) on the deal
  • Auto-generated payment schedule + running per-customer ledger
  • See who's current and who's past-due without a spreadsheet
  • OFAC, FTC Red Flags, and Adverse Action stored with the deal

$29/month · 14-day free trial · Cancel any time

Common questions

How do you calculate a buy-here-pay-here payment?
It's a standard amortized loan: amount financed = sale price − down payment, and the payment is that balance amortized over the number of payments at the periodic rate (annual rate ÷ payments per year — 52 weekly, 26 bi-weekly, 12 monthly).
Should a BHPH note be weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly?
Many BHPH dealers use weekly or bi-weekly so payments land on paydays — smaller, more frequent amounts are easier for a subprime buyer to keep current, which protects collectability. Monthly is simpler to run. Compare all three above.
What interest rate can a BHPH dealer charge?
It's capped by your state's usury and retail-installment laws (they vary widely), plus federal Truth-in-Lending disclosures. This tool does the math for any rate you enter — it does nottell you what's legal. Confirm your allowable rate and disclosures with your state regulator or attorney.
How much does a BHPH note collect per month?
Payment × payments-per-year ÷ 12. A $95/week note collects about $412/month. Across your whole book, that's the cash flow that funds your next buys — which is why tracking payments against a running ledger matters as much as writing the note.
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