The rent is our own estimate — worth checking against two or three real local lettings. An empty month costs you 2 months of it, so there is room for things to go wrong. It has been listed 119 days without selling, which is your argument for offering less.
No rent data on file — verify locally before offering.
Why it works
Monthly profit +$5,212/mo from completion — the no.1 reason to invest
This is the money left after the mortgage, the running costs and tax — not the rent.It assumes the rent we modelled and the empty weeks we assumed. Change either and it moves. Try your own numbers →
Stress Rent-covers-mortgage check PASS at 6.5% rate stress — lender-friendly
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Why to be cautious
No rent comparables — estimate is a rule-of-thumb fallback, not market data. Verify the rent locally before offering.
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Buy-to-Let. Standard rental on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy. Single household, market rent, paid monthly direct to landlord (or via agent). (hover any strategy tab for pros + cons)
Offer ($)
Monthly rent ($)
Local comp range: $7,557–$10,458/mo · n=1
Financing
DepositYour cash in — the rest is the mortgage25% · $72,500
5%100% (cash buy)
Standard 75% LTV for rental
Mortgage rate5y fixed7.00%
3.00%9.00%
5-year fixed (market average) — 7.00% (as of 2026-05).
Mortgage term (years)
Stress rate8.0%
5.0%9.0%
Fed base + 2pp stress (8.0%)
Acquisition costs
Refurb ($)
Tiered estimate (full refurb): $91,470–$170,700 range from $/sqft + per-room model
Legal + survey ($)
Standard house — $1,400 legal + $750 survey
Mortgage fees ($)
2% product fee on $217,500 loan + $1,000 booking fee
Running costs
Management10%
0%20%
Typical rental agency rate
Void weeks
Typical voids for rental
Insurance ($/mo)
Typical building+landlord cover for $200K–$400K
Maintenance ($/mo)
Default $67/mo — type unknown
Result · Rent it out
Monthly profit
+$5,212
after mortgage, operating costs & tax
Rent in$8,890/mo
$8,548Collected
$8,548/mo actually reaches you — the other $342 is lost to voids: the weeks a rental sits empty between tenants, when no rent comes in.
Where it goes
$1,447Mortgage$2,231Costs$5,212Your profit
$5,212/mo left as profit · 61% of rent kept
Mortgage$1,447
Costs$2,231
Management$889
Maintenance$67
Insurance$28
CapEx reserve$445
Voids + council tax$7
Ltd co. accounts$104
Tax—
Profit+$5,212
Returns
Return before costson price36.79%
Cash returnon cash29.76%
Gross margin$6,317
Cash needed$210,110
Monthly profit payback3y 5m
Data confidence
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