510 Main St

Trenton, MO 64683

$25,000D

5 bd · 5.0 ba · 3,330 sqft · Built 1935 · SingleFamily · Active · 3 DOM

Cashflow @ list (25.0% down · 7.5%)

• Estimated rent: $1,390/mo
• Mortgage (P&I): −$131
• Tax + insurance: −$58
• HOA: −$0
• Vac / Maint / Mgmt: −$292
• Net cashflow: $909/mo
• Annual: $10,911/yr
• Cap rate: 49.94%
• Cash-on-cash: 155.87%
• DSCR: 7.94
• 1% rule: 5.56%
• Cash to close: $7,000

Investor read

• This is a 5-bed/5.0-bath single-family listed at $25k.
• At list price, monthly cash flow is $909 ($11k/yr) — positive.
• The deal already cash-flows at list — no discount required.
• Meets the 1% rule at list price ($1k rent vs $25k).
• Only 3 days on market — expect competitive offers; lowballing is unlikely to land.
• Local home prices are declining (-3.0%/yr); year-one equity from $173 of loan paydown is wiped out by about $750 of value loss. Plan a longer hold.
• Location reads 76/100 on livability (#49 in MO, #3,686 nationally) — a middle-class / working-renter tenant base. Strengths: cost of living A+, housing A+, health & safety A+; Watch: employment C-, amenities F, commute F.
• Trenton R-IX (town): math 28% / reading 43% proficiency, ranked #223 of 324 in MO (top 69%) — families likely to look elsewhere, expect single-tenant / working-renter base with shorter leases.
• Zoned schools: Rissler Elem. (math 37% / reading 42%, grade F, #537 of 1,115 statewide, top 53%, 480 students, 54% FRL); Trenton Middle (math 29% / reading 38%, grade F, #260 of 391 statewide, top 67%, 299 students, 50% FRL); Trenton Sr. High (math 8% / reading 57%, grade F, #354 of 521 statewide, top 68%, 326 students, 43% FRL) — zoned schools at 49% FRL track the district average.
• Watch-outs: built in 1935 — expect roof / HVAC / electrical / plumbing capex.
• Market conditions: 51 active listings in the ZIP; 2 units permitted in Grundy County in 2024 (0 in 5+ unit buildings).
• Grundy County population projected at -14% by 2050 — secular population decline; favor cash flow + early exit over multi-decade hold.
• At projected returns (-3.0% appreciation + 3.0% rent growth), your $7k cash investment doubles in ~1 year — after that, you're playing with house money.
• Cap rate 49.9% vs local median 6.4% in Trenton — top-decile yield for the area; either an underpriced asset or a hidden risk that comps aren't pricing in. Stress-test before assuming the spread holds.

Questions for listing agent

• Built in 1935 — when were the roof, HVAC, electrical panel, plumbing, and water heater last replaced?
• Is there a deadline driving the sale (1031 exchange, divorce, estate, relocation)? That informs how much negotiation room exists.
• The area grade is low — what's the realistic commute time and amenity access for the typical tenant pool here? Any planned neighborhood developments (good or bad) we should know about?
• What's the average days-on-market for RENTAL listings here right now (not sales)? A rising rental-DOM trend means longer vacancies and softer asking-rent achievability than the comps imply.
• What's the recent tenant-quality profile in this submarket — average credit score on applications, eviction rate, late-payment / NSF rate, and stable-employment percentage? A property-management company in the area should have these aggregated.
• How much new for-sale + rental construction is in the pipeline within 1–3 miles? Heavy new supply typically softens prices + rents 12–24 months out; constrained supply supports both.