How to use the Rent to Rent Calculator UK: full video tutorial
Monthly profit, return on setup costs and payback after bills and voids. Education only.
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Rent to rent can work, but the margins are thin. This full guide walks you through every box and every result in the Property Clues Rent to Rent Calculator, using a worked example: a four-bed HMO in Sheffield taking £2,600 a month, with £1,250 paid to the owner.
What you'll learn
- Income achieved for HMO rooms or serviced accommodation, and the rent paid to the owner
- Bills, running costs, your own cost lines and the void allowance
- Monthly and annual profit, return on setup and the payback time
- Profit over the whole agreement after the setup cost
- Testing a lower rent to the owner, plus the permission and licensing checks before you start
Chapters
- £2,600 in, £402 kept (example deal)
- Finding your way around
- Income and rent
- Running costs and setup
- The headline results
- Where the money goes
- Negotiating the owner's rent
- At a glance, permission and licensing
- Saving and recap
Figures in the video are a worked example. Property Clues tools are educational calculators and checklists, not financial, tax, mortgage or legal advice. Speak to a qualified adviser about your own situation. The voice in the video is AI-generated.