They are building new fourplex units and advertising compelling cap rates in their pro formas.

There are multiple billboards spread across the surrounding counties and advertisements everywhere.

Is this market accessible for the average investor in the UK, or is it exclusively banks and hedge funds who buy/sell these sorts of instruments?

@Andrew Tran, a deal isn't what's advertised its what YOU make out of it. 1.

There are different philosophies to real estate investing and it depends on your finances, if you have less capital, you're going to have to be more creative on deals and need cash flow, if you have access to some capital, you can tolerate cash flow losses.

@Kerry Baird so to be clear  this BLOC is never reported on your DTI if you have accessed it?

There are a lot of online solutions to help advertise, find and screen candidates, setup leases and ACH payments (i use Avail.co).

Housing Market: 77008 features a higher percentage of family households (52.39%) and married-couple families (44.77%), suggesting stability and potential for property appreciation.Digital Advertising Demand: Houston Heights apartments (77008): 50,000 average monthly searches.

If you really want to fine-tune it, you need an agent with MLS access to run the on-market rentals which are a fair representation of what you can expect.

Obviously, most companies aren't advertising this openly.