Rent.com Scraper — US Apartment & Rental Listings

Extract rental listings from Rent.com — apartments, houses, condos, and townhomes with prices, photos, contact info, and AI value scoring.

Built for apartment hunters, property managers, real estate investors, rental aggregators, and relocation services.

What you get

• Rich rental data — price, beds, baths, sqft, address, photos, phone, availability
• AI-powered value score — instantly spot under-priced listings
• 4 property types — apartments, houses, condos, townhomes
• Pet-policy filter — pet-friendly, dogs, cats
• Price / beds / sqft filters
• Search OR direct-URL mode
• Pre-built dataset Overview in Apify Console for instant inspection

Why this scraper (vs. alternatives)

	Build your own	Generic scraper	This actor
Maintenance	You patch every site change	Often broken	Patched on every update
AI value scoring	Build it yourself	No	Built-in
Pet-policy filter	Manual	No	Native
Photos + contact info	Manual	Partial	Included

Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	enum	search (default) or direct_urls
location	string	City + state (e.g., "San Francisco, CA")
propertyType	enum	apartments (default), houses, condos, townhomes
minPrice / maxPrice	int	Price filter in USD
minBeds / maxBeds	int	Bedroom range
petsAllowed	enum	any, pet-friendly, dogs, cats
minSqft	int	Minimum square footage
listingUrls	string[]	Direct Rent.com URLs (for direct_urls mode)
maxListings	int	Maximum listings (default 100)
includePhotos	bool	Include photo URLs (default true)

Example Input

{
  "mode": "search",
  "location": "Austin, TX",
  "propertyType": "apartments",
  "minPrice": 1000,
  "maxPrice": 2500,
  "minBeds": 1,
  "petsAllowed": "pet-friendly",
  "maxListings": 100
}

Output (sample)

{
  "name": "The Aspen Apartments",
  "address": "1234 Congress Ave",
  "city": "Austin",
  "state": "TX",
  "zip": "78701",
  "min_price": 1450,
  "max_price": 2890,
  "beds": "1-2",
  "baths": "1-2",
  "sqft": "650-1100",
  "pets_allowed": "Cats & Dogs",
  "phone": "+15125551234",
  "value_score": 82,
  "photos": ["https://...", "https://..."],
  "available": true,
  "url": "https://www.rent.com/texas/austin/...",
  "scraped_at": "2026-05-28T14:00:00+00:00"
}

Use cases

• Apartment hunters — find pet-friendly rentals in budget, sorted by value
• Property managers — monitor competitor pricing in your market
• Real estate investors — analyze rental yields per neighborhood
• Relocation services — pull matching listings for relocating clients
• Rental aggregators — populate "apartments near me" tools
• Market analytics — track average rent + availability trends

Pricing

Pay-Per-Event:

• $0.02 per listing
• $0.00005 actor-start fee

Example runs

Use case	Listings	Cost
Single-city apartment scan	50	$1.00
Pet-friendly market sweep	100	$2.00
Multi-city investor dataset	300	$6.00

Tips

• Use petsAllowed: "pet-friendly" to filter for pet-owner-friendly listings
• The value_score (0-100) highlights under-priced listings relative to comparables
• For specific buildings, use mode: "direct_urls" with their Rent.com URLs
• Schedule daily runs from the Apify Console for fresh-listing alerts
• Combine with our other US real-estate actors for full rental coverage

FAQ

Q: What is the value score?
A: An AI-computed 0-100 rating comparing a listing's price to comparable units in the area. Higher = better value.

Q: How fresh is the data?
A: Real-time. Each run fetches live from Rent.com.

Q: Can I scrape specific buildings?
A: Yes — use mode: "direct_urls" and provide the listing URLs.

Q: Does it include photos?
A: Yes, by default (includePhotos: true).

Related actors

For full US rental + real-estate coverage:

• redfin-scraper — homes for sale, rent, sold
• hotpads-rental-scraper — rental listings
• craigslist-real-estate-scraper — FSBO + rentals
• fsbo-real-estate-scraper — for-sale-by-owner

Legal & compliance

This scraper only retrieves publicly accessible listings. You are responsible for:

• Respecting Rent.com's Terms of Service
• Honoring robots.txt directives
• Not republishing scraped data in ways that infringe IP rights

Support & feature requests

Open an issue on the Actor page or contact via Apify Console messaging. Custom features welcome.