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RentalAnalytics is a public-data rental intelligence site that gives landlords and investors a source-labeled starting point for rent, cap rate, and cash flow.
We publish it so the number you take into a renewal or an offer still names its file.
The calculators are free and run in the browser. Estimated fields are labeled. Landlords and investors use them before a renewal conversation or a purchase offer. Read the terms and the privacy policy.
The site publishes calculators, city reports, a resource center, and a read-only API. Each one starts from public files and says when a field is estimated.
Rent, cap rate, cash flow, DSCR, amortization, and short-term versus long-term rent run in the browser. You open the page, enter a ZIP or a deal, and get a labeled result you can take into your own underwriting.
See the tools index for DSCR, amortization, short-term versus long-term rent, and the market tools below. Each figure names its file.
Rent growth, vacancy, lease renewal, operating expenses, and market summary run in the browser on published files. Rent growth and vacancy use the 15-metro sample in markets.json, with vacancy, growth, and cap-rate blends dated 2024-Q4 and labeled estimated. Metro dashboards cover the 100 largest metropolitan statistical areas with HUD FY2026 Fair Market Rent, ACS 2024 5-year rent, value, and income, and Census building permits.
The tools index also links a Cap Rate practice table, a game beside the market calculators. Tax worksheets (a Schedule E-style net, vacancy sensitivity, 27.5-year depreciation, and a 1031 checklist) sit with the other tools.
Both connectors are live on the site. LandlordIQ is a read-only HTTP API with an MCP manifest: seven GET tools that return data, a confidence score, a freshness stamp, and a source string. Claude Desktop, Cursor, and other MCP clients can use the published configs. The free tier is 60 requests per hour per IP and needs no key.
Muse has no MCP support, so the Muse page is a custom-connector setup. You paste the OpenAPI URL. The free tier needs no token. A paid key, 10,000 requests per day, is optional and is requested from api@rentalanalytics.com. Regulation calls return editorial digests. If confidence is under 50, treat the figure as a range.
The resource center explains how to read the tools: HUD files, cap rate versus cash-on-cash, vacancy, renewals, and operating expenses. Posts are bylined to the RentalAnalytics editorial team. They cite public sources and do not invent a rent to fill a paragraph.
The Rent Estimator hero is a HUD FY2026 50th-percentile (not FMR) figure scaled onto the ZIP FMR/SAFMR, aged with BLS CPI Shelter (3.2% YoY as of July 2026). HUD Fair Market Rents / Small Area FMRs for FY2026 (effective 2025-10-01) remain the labeled 40th / voucher number. ACS 2024 5-year B25031 is a second occupied-unit anchor with a margin of error. Zillow Research ZORI ZIP all-homes dollars are not assigned to bedroom estimates. Method and file list: methodology and data sources.
RentCast and Zillow Research publish their own rent series. This site names them as category context and publishes its own method, vintage, and source labels. It does not rank those products, assign them traffic, or claim an accuracy percentage against them.
Every rent, vacancy, growth, and cap-rate figure is tied to a named source. The rent hero uses HUD FY2026 50th-percentile rents scaled onto ZIP FMR or SAFMR, with Census ACS 2024 5-year B25031 as a second occupied-unit anchor. When a field is a blend, the label says estimated. You can open the methodology and the data-sources page and see the files.
The calculators run in the browser. The privacy policy states that values you type into a free tool are not sent to our servers. There is no account and no signup wall. You can use them, leave, and the rent or purchase price you tried stays in the browser.
The estimator ages the HUD figure with BLS CPI Shelter, 3.2% year over year as of July 2026. Vacancy, year-over-year growth, and cap-rate blends on city pages remain dated 2024-Q4 and stay labeled estimated. Older files keep their vintage. Any weekly-user figure on the homepage is labeled simulated.
HUD Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile gross rent used for voucher payment standards. It is not the asking rent on a listing, and it is not the hero on the Rent Estimator. The hero is the separate 50th-percentile series, scaled to the ZIP and aged. Calling the 40th figure "market rent" would misstate the file, so the label stays 40th / voucher.
People use the site before they underwrite, set a renewal, or brief someone else. These are the jobs the tools are built for.
RentalAnalytics is published so a landlord can see which file a rent number came from. Resource-center posts are bylined to the RentalAnalytics editorial team.
Questions about a number go to the contact form or the topic inboxes below.
You open a tool and use it. There is no signup, no trial gate, and no onboarding call. Nobody is assigned to a free visit. Replies, when you write, are by email.
Channels are the website, the contact form, and email. Topic inboxes already published on the site:
| Company Name | RentalAnalytics |
|---|---|
| Type | Public-data rental intelligence website. |
| Founder | The RentalAnalytics editorial team. |
| Website | https://rentalanalytics.com/ |
| Core Offering | Source-labeled rent, cap-rate, cash-flow, and market calculators, plus the read-only LandlordIQ API. |
| Pricing | Calculators are free, with no account. LandlordIQ free tier: 60 requests per hour per IP, no key. Paid tier: 10,000 requests per day per key, requested at api@rentalanalytics.com. The landlord stack page may link to third-party products that pay a commission. No other price list is published. |
| Contract Terms | Free tools have no signup contract. API use follows the terms of service, including the published rate limits. |
| Services | Rent Estimator, Cap Rate Calculator, Cash Flow Analyzer, DSCR Calculator, Amortization Calculator, STR vs Long-term Rent, Rent Growth Tracker, Vacancy Panel, Lease Renewal Advisor, OpEx Benchmark, and Market Summary. 100 metro dashboards, resource center, tax worksheets, Cap Rate practice table, LandlordIQ MCP API, and Muse connector. |
| Communication | Contact form and email. Replies are by email. |
| Competitors | RentCast and Zillow Research, named on this site as public rent-estimate products. No ranking, traffic comparison, or accuracy claim is published. |
No. HUD Fair Market Rents are 40th-percentile gross rents used for Housing Choice Voucher payment standards. RentalAnalytics keeps that figure as the labeled 40th / voucher number. The rent hero is a separate HUD FY2026 50th-percentile rent scaled onto the ZIP FMR or SAFMR and aged with BLS CPI Shelter. It is a statistical median, not MLS asking rent, and not an appraisal.
The free calculators run in your browser. The privacy policy says those inputs are not collected, stored, or sold. Server logs (IP, user agent, URL, and timestamp) are kept for 30 days for security and rate limits, and LandlordIQ API queries are retained 90 days. Email privacy@rentalanalytics.com to request deletion of logs that include your IP or API key.
Use the contact form. The note is delivered by email. You can also write methodology@rentalanalytics.com, data@rentalanalytics.com, legal@rentalanalytics.com, privacy@rentalanalytics.com, or api@rentalanalytics.com.
The terms say the tools and data are informational. Regulation summaries are plain-English starting points, and the tax worksheets are planning estimates. Confirm values with local comps and licensed professionals before you transact.
No. The calculators open without an account or a signup wall. The LandlordIQ free tier also needs no API key, at 60 requests per hour per IP. A paid key is optional.