RentEst Rent Estimate Scraper

Get free instant rent estimates and comparable rentals from RentEst.ai for any US address or ZIP code — estimated monthly rent, percentile rent range, confidence score, and up to 10 nearby comparable rentals per location. No login, no API key, no proxy required.

What this actor does

• Submits each input address or ZIP code to RentEst's free, no-signup rent-estimate tool
• Returns an estimated monthly rent, average rent, median (50th percentile), 25th/75th percentile rents, and a confidence score
• Returns up to 10 nearby comparable rental properties used to build the estimate — address, rent, distance, beds/baths, square footage, similarity score, and last-seen date
• Filters comparables by property type (apartment/condo or single-family house), bedroom count, bathroom count, and optional square footage
• Empty fields are omitted from every record

Output per location

• queryAddress — the address or ZIP you submitted
• latitude, longitude — resolved coordinates
• estimatedRent — the headline monthly rent estimate (USD)
• averageRent, medianRent — mean and 50th-percentile rent among matched comparables
• percentile25Rent, percentile75Rent — rent range bounds
• confidencePercent — RentEst's confidence score for the estimate (0–100)
• matchedPropertiesCount — how many comparable rentals were used
• searchRadiusMiles — the radius searched to find comparables
• modelUsed — the pricing model RentEst used internally
• dataSources — underlying listing sources (e.g. Zillow, Apartments.com)
• bedrooms, bathrooms, propertyType, sqft — the filters used for this estimate
• comparables[] — up to 10 nearby rentals, each with address, rent, distanceKm, bedrooms, bathrooms, sqft, similarityPercent, lastSeenDate, latitude, longitude
• currency — always USD
• sourceUrl, scrapedAt

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
locations	array	(required)	US addresses or 5-digit ZIP codes to get a rent estimate for
propertyType	select	apartment	apartment (Apartment/Condo) or house (Single-Family)
bedrooms	select	2	0 (studio) through 5
bathrooms	select	1	1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4
sqft	integer	–	Optional interior square footage (100–10000) to narrow the comparable match
maxItems	integer	20	Hard cap on how many locations to process (1–100)

Example: rent estimate for a list of ZIP codes

{
  "locations": ["10001", "90210", "60614"],
  "propertyType": "apartment",
  "bedrooms": "2",
  "bathrooms": "1"
}

Example: single-family house estimate for a street address

{
  "locations": ["123 Main St, Austin, TX"],
  "propertyType": "house",
  "bedrooms": "4",
  "bathrooms": "2.5",
  "sqft": 2200
}

Use cases

• Landlords & property managers — sanity-check asking rent against comparable listings before renewing or listing a unit
• Real estate investors — screen prospective rental properties for cash-flow potential across multiple ZIP codes at once
• Relocation & apartment hunting — get a fair-market rent baseline for neighborhoods before touring
• PropTech & market research — build rent-trend datasets across metros
• Section 8 / affordable housing analysis — compare market rent estimates against subsidy payment standards

FAQ

What's RentEst? A free rent-estimate and comparables tool at rentest.ai that surfaces recent nearby rental listings and computes a rent estimate, similar to Zillow's Rent Zestimate or Rentometer.

Do I need an account or API key? No — the actor uses the same free, no-signup endpoint RentEst's own website uses for its public "Rent Estimate by Address" tool.

Why did a location return no result? RentEst needs enough nearby comparable rentals of the requested property type/bed/bath combination to produce a confident estimate. Very rural ZIP codes or unusual property types may return no comparables — try a nearby address or a broader bed/bath filter.

What does confidencePercent mean? RentEst's internal confidence score based on how many, how similar, and how recent the matched comparable rentals are. Higher is more reliable.

What's the difference between averageRent and medianRent? averageRent is the mean rent across matched comparables; medianRent is the 50th-percentile (middle) rent — less skewed by outliers.

Can I filter to houses only? Yes — set propertyType to house to restrict comparables to single-family homes.

How many comparables are returned per location? Up to 10 — the same set RentEst's own estimate is calculated from.