# True Monthly Rent Calculator | New Houston Apartment Team

> Turn weeks free into net effective rent and add fees and utilities. Uses the same formulas as our New Build Board.

URL: https://newapartmentshouston.com/tools/true-monthly-cost-calculator/

Tools · Same formulas as the board

# True Monthly Cost Calculator

Turn a weeks-free special into net effective rent, then add required fees and utilities for your true monthly.

Free to you, and your rent is the same either way · 140 new communities tracked · Prices pulled every morning

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Free to you, and your rent is the same either way

140 new communities tracked (Oct 25, 2026)

Prices pulled every morning

Spirit Real Estate Group, LLC · TREC #562021

True monthly

$1,282.62

Net effective rent

$1,184.62

Free rent value

$2,584.62

Year two if base holds

$1,498.00

Estimate only. Communities set prices and terms; we confirm them before you sign.

Free rent = base x 12 / 52 x weeks. Net effective = (base x term minus free rent) / term. True monthly = net effective + fees + utilities.

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We confirm the special, fee sheet and water billing in writing, same day during hours.

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Spirit Real Estate Group, LLC · TREC #562021 · Free to you, and your rent is the same either way