RentCafe Property Scraper

Scrape apartment rental listings from RentCafe with this fast, reliable actor — extract property data at just $0.9 per 1,000 results. Get structured JSON output with pricing, amenities, availability, and property details for any US market.

Why Use This Actor?

RentCafe hosts millions of apartment listings across the US, but there's no public API. This actor automates data extraction from RentCafe search results, giving you structured rental market data without manual copying or brittle scripts.

Use Cases

• Rental Market Analytics — Track pricing trends, vacancy rates, and inventory across metros
• Investment Screening — Identify undervalued properties and emerging rental markets
• Property Manager Leads — Build prospect lists of management companies and property owners
• Apartment Hunting Data — Compare rents, amenities, and availability across neighborhoods
• Competitive Intelligence — Monitor competitor pricing and listing strategies
• Housing Research — Academic and policy research on US rental housing conditions

How It Works

1. Provide RentCafe search URLs (e.g., https://www.rentcafe.com/apartments-for-rent/us/ny/new-york/)
2. The actor crawls paginated search results up to your maxPagesPerUrl limit
3. Each listing is parsed into structured fields: price, address, bedrooms, amenities, photos, and more
4. Results are saved to a dataset you can export as JSON, CSV, or Excel

Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
startUrls	array	Yes	—	RentCafe search URLs to scrape
maxItems	integer	No	100	Maximum listings to return
maxPagesPerUrl	integer	No	5	Pages to crawl per search URL
proxy	object	No	—	Proxy configuration

Output

Each item in the dataset contains:

{
  "url": "https://www.rentcape.com/apartments/...",
  "title": "1BR / 1BA Apartment",
  "address": "123 Main St, New York, NY 10001",
  "price": 2450,
  "bedrooms": 1,
  "bathrooms": 1,
  "sqft": 650,
  "amenities": ["Parking", "Gym", "Laundry"],
  "availability": "Available Now",
  "propertyManager": "ABC Properties",
  "images": ["https://..."],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-30T12:00:00Z"
}

Example Input

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.rentcafe.com/apartments-for-rent/us/ny/new-york/?search=1"
  ],
  "maxItems": 200,
  "maxPagesPerUrl": 10
}

Example Output

[
  {
    "url": "https://www.rentcafe.com/apartment-building/new-york-ny/the-metro/...",
    "title": "Studio Apartment at The Metro",
    "address": "456 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022",
    "price": 3200,
    "bedrooms": 0,
    "bathrooms": 1,
    "sqft": 480,
    "amenities": ["Doorman", "Rooftop", "Gym", "Pet Friendly"],
    "availability": "Available Sep 15",
    "propertyManager": "Metro Living LLC",
    "images": ["https://images.rentcafe.com/..."],
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-30T14:30:00Z"
  }
]

Integrations

• Google Sheets — Export dataset and import directly
• Zapier / Make — Trigger workflows on new scrape results
• Airtable — Sync listing data for team collaboration
• Custom databases — Push JSON output to Postgres, MongoDB, or BigQuery
• BI tools — Connect via API for dashboards in Tableau, Looker, or Power BI

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• Zillow Scraper
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FAQ

How many listings can I scrape? Set maxItems to any number. Pricing is $0.0009 per result — 1,000 listings costs $0.90.

Do I need RentCafe login credentials? No. The actor scrapes publicly available search results.

What RentCafe URLs work? Any RentCafe search URL — city searches, neighborhood filters, or property-specific pages.

How fresh is the data? The actor scrapes live pages. Listings reflect current RentCafe data at scrape time.

Can I filter by price or bedrooms? Include filters in your RentCafe search URL before passing it to the actor. The actor respects URL parameters.

Is this legal? This actor scrapes publicly available listing data. See the legal disclaimer below.

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For AI Agents

This actor can be called programmatically via the Apify API. Pass input as JSON and receive structured output in a dataset.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/71EMZjcNFNTNVVu8r/runs" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"startUrls": ["https://www.rentcafe.com/apartments-for-rent/us/tx/austin/"], "maxItems": 50}'

Use the dataset items endpoint to retrieve results:

GET https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/{datasetId}/items

Legal Disclaimer

This actor extracts publicly available listing data from RentCafe. Users are responsible for compliance with RentCafe's Terms of Service and applicable laws. This actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by RentCafe. Use extracted data responsibly and for lawful purposes only.