Likely sold or withdrawnWe last saw this listing 44 days ago. It may no longer be available — treat these numbers as a reference and confirm with the listing agent before acting.
Monthly profit
+$310/mo
Cash needed
$37K
Return after costs
10.1%
Cash return
10.1%
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1 BED TOWNHOUSEListed 103d ago
You'd make about $310 a month, and it holds up.
The rent is our own estimate — worth checking against two or three real local lettings. An empty month costs you 3 months of it, so there is room for things to go wrong. It has been listed 103 days without selling, which is your argument for offering less.
10110 Forum West Dr APT 534, Houston, TX 77036 · 713 sqft · $59/sqft
No rent data on file — verify locally before offering.
Why it works
Monthly profit +$310/mo from completion — the no.1 reason to invest
This is the money left after the mortgage, the running costs and tax — not the rent.It assumes the rent we modelled and the empty weeks we assumed. Change either and it moves. Try your own numbers →
Stress Rent-covers-mortgage check PASS at 6.5% rate stress — lender-friendly
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Why to be cautious
No rent comparables — estimate is a rule-of-thumb fallback, not market data. Verify the rent locally before offering.
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Buy-to-Let. Standard rental on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy. Single household, market rent, paid monthly direct to landlord (or via agent). (hover any strategy tab for pros + cons)
Offer ($)
Monthly rent ($)
Local comp range: $873–$922/mo · n=7
Financing
DepositYour cash in — the rest is the mortgage25% · $10,500
5%100% (cash buy)
Standard 75% LTV for rental
Mortgage rate5y fixed7.00%
3.00%9.00%
5-year fixed (market average) — 7.00% (as of 2026-05).
Mortgage term (years)
Stress rate8.0%
5.0%9.0%
Fed base + 2pp stress (8.0%)
Acquisition costs
Refurb ($)
Capped at 60% of $42,000 asking ($25,200). Raw model: $39,295–$74,075. Verify with a surveyor before offering.
Legal + survey ($)
Standard house — $1,100 legal + $600 survey
Mortgage fees ($)
2% product fee on $31,500 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 sub-$200K
Maintenance ($/mo)
Default $67/mo — type unknown
Result · Rent it out
Monthly profit
+$310
after mortgage, operating costs & tax
Rent in$897/mo
$863Collected
$863/mo actually reaches you — the other $35 is lost to voids: the weeks a rental sits empty between tenants, when no rent comes in.
Where it goes
$210Mortgage$378Costs$310Your profit
$310/mo left as profit · 36% of rent kept
Mortgage$210
Costs$378
Management$90
Maintenance$67
Insurance$20
CapEx reserve$45
Voids + council tax$5
Ltd co. accounts$104
Tax—
Profit+$310
Returns
Return before costson price25.63%
Cash returnon cash10.14%
Gross margin$485
Cash needed$36,645
Monthly profit payback9y 11m
Data confidence
One card is deliberately absent.Renting it by the room — Only 1 bed — too small for an HMO (3+ unrelated tenants from 2+ households) without major reconfiguration.
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