<p><b>Startup description</b></p><p>My product is a modern European student housing platform connecting international students with trusted landlords for medium-term accommodation. Founded in 2024 and based in Spain, it was built from the ground up to solve the trust gap in the international student housing market. In its first year, the platform operated as a highly functional marketplace, featuring real users, active property listings, and completed bookings, achieving a perfect 5/5 Google review rating from early adopters. It was started because we had the pain point ourselves as international students (scams, lack of transparency, challenging to find reliable housing).</p><p><b>Key highlights:<b></b></b></p><ul> <li>Annual Revenue: USD $17,321 (EUR €15,006)</li> <li>Annual Profit: USD $11,548 (EUR €10,004)</li> <li>Monthly Revenue (Avg): USD $1,443 (EUR €1,250)</li> <li>Monthly Profit (Avg): USD $962 (EUR €833)</li> <li>Business Margin: 67% High-Profit Margin</li> <li>User Validation: 5/5 Google review rating</li> <li>Valuation Multiples: Ultra-low 2.5x Profit / 1.7x Revenue multiple for a premium tech asset.</li> </ul> <p><b>Team</b></p><p>The startup is directed by the two co-founders, who manage overall operations, strategic B2B partnerships, and product direction. The platform itself was custom-built by a premium outsourced development team. Currently, the team continues to handle all hosting, server maintenance, and technical oversight. This setup offers a massive advantage to the buyer: the original engineering team who wrote every line of code is already in place and can be retained to handle future updates, feature requests, or technical support, ensuring a completely seamless handover.</p><p><b>Tech Stack</b></p><p>We invested over €35,000 into a premium, custom-built codebase engineered for enterprise-grade security and speed:</p><ul> <li>Frontend/Backend: Next.js &amp; React frameworks for lightning-fast loading speeds and pristine SEO.</li> <li>Identity Verification (KYC): Native Veriff SDK integration to securely verify tenant/landlord documentation and wipe out rental fraud.</li> <li>Payment Processing: Secure Stripe architecture handling marketplace checkout and transaction handling.</li> <li>Engagement &amp; Admin: In-app user chat option for real-time tenant-landlord communication, an integrated roommate forum ("The Lounge"), a built-in SEO Blog engine, and a comprehensive custom administration dashboard for full platform control.</li> </ul> <p><b>Marketing and growth</b></p><p>Growth to date has been highly organic and network-driven. We established direct foundations and relationships with local real estate agencies, student residences, and respected local universities to secure initial inventory. Combined with word-of-mouth among international students, this lean approach proved the concept, generated immediate revenue, and earned us 5/5 star ratings on Google without heavy advertising spend.</p><p>We are also listed as a trusted housing partner of ESADE business school in Barcelona.</p><p><b>Revenue and profit</b></p><p>The business operates with an exceptionally lean cost structure, yielding a 67% profit margin. It generates a steady average monthly profit of USD $962 out of USD $1,443 in revenue. Monetization is fully built-in and proven via transaction marketplace service fees, with frameworks ready to support premium management tiers or landlord subscriptions.</p><p><b>Return on investment</b></p><p>Priced at just $15k, the payback period is less than 12 months based on current baseline financials alone. However, the true ROI comes from geographic expansion. While we focused on Barcelona, a buyer can immediately deploy this complete software to other high-yield, unregulated, or less restrictive student cities across Europe (e.g., Madrid, Valencia, Milan, or Paris) and hit the ground running on day one without spending a dime on development.</p><p><b>Startup assets<b></b></b></p><ul> <li>Codebase &amp; IP: 1x Complete, production-ready proprietary Next.js and React codebase (including full custom Admin Dashboard, Chat, and Forum frameworks).</li> <li>Domain: 1x Premium local domain with built-in regional brand authority.</li> <li>Integrations: Fully configured API structures for Veriff KYC and Stripe payments.</li> <li>Brand Assets: All marketing materials, logos, design files, and the organic Instagram account profile (112 followers), LinkedIn account (100 followers).</li> <li>B2B Network: Introduction to established agency, residence, and university network contacts.</li> <li>Brand Rights: 1x Full brand rights concession (concesión de marca), transferring full commercial ownership, naming rights, and intellectual property of the brand to the buyer.</li> </ul> <p>✅ $17,321 TTM revenue</p><p>✅ 50 customers</p><p>✅ Business model: Commission</p><p>✅ Built with Next.js, React, Stripe</p>