Landlords and investors

Price the unit before you write the offer.

A HUD-anchored rent range by ZIP, then cap rate and cash flow on a price you already have. Three live calculators. Public HUD, Census, and BLS files.

Estimate a rent Screen a deal

HUD FY2026, effective 2025-10-01. Sources: HUD, Census, and BLS.

94 ZIP-level HUD anchors · 15 metro reports live · 3 live + 5 preview · HUD · Census · BLS public data

The decision

Two published rents. One offer.

HUD files a 40th-percentile voucher schedule and a separate 50th-percentile rent. Asking rent, a renewal, and a purchase price each need the labeled one. This desk keeps the files apart and shows the math.

  1. Price a unit HUD-anchored range by ZIP, bedrooms, and property type.
  2. Screen a deal Cap rate and cash flow from the price and expenses you enter.
  3. Read the file 15 metro reports, plus LandlordIQ and Muse on the same sources.

The product

Three live calculators for the decision in front of you.

Each one runs in the browser. Five more tools stay labeled preview. Free, with no account.

01 · Live

Rent Estimator

Statistical median and range by ZIP. The hero is HUD FY2026 50th scaled to the ZIP. Fair Market Rent stays beside it as the 40th / voucher number.

Estimate a rent 02 · Live

Cap Rate Calculator

NOI and cap rate against a metro-tier band. Add financing when you want cash-on-cash.

Screen a deal 03 · Live

Cash Flow Analyzer

Monthly and annual P&L, break-even occupancy, and a printable report from the expenses you type.

Open analyzer

Reproducible output

A rent estimate you can re-run.

This is the Rent Estimator crop for ZIP 78704, 2 BR apartment, computed 2026-09-06 from the same HUD / Census / BLS files the tool uses. Not a testimonial and not MLS asking rent.

Rent Estimator · output crop

Estimated market rent

78704 · Austin, TX · 2 BR apartment

$2,050 / mo

Estimated range $1,763 – $2,378 · confidence 90/100

Published anchors for this crop
HUD FY2026 2BR FMR (40th / voucher) $1,852 published
HUD FY2026 2BR 50th (area median) $1,992 published
ACS 2024 5-year B25031 (occupied) $2,069 ± $136
  1. 01
    Source

    HUD FY2026 50th × ZIP FMR shape, aged with BLS CPI Shelter +3.2% YoY. FMR stays the labeled 40th / voucher number.

  2. 02
    Geography

    ZIP 78704, Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA. Sample parcel on this page.

  3. 03
    Date

    HUD effective 2025-10-01; aged 11 months to 2026-09-06. ACS vintage mid-2024.

  4. 04
    Uncertainty

    Band is ±~15% around the hero. Statistical median — not an appraisal, not listing comps. Re-run the tool for today’s figure.

Estimate a rent → How the data works
Methodology mood still: a paper rent-data summary sheet with placeholder dashes, a plat-map grid card, and a ruler on slate. Not live market figures.
Imagine still — desk, paper, plat-map grid. Dashes are placeholders, not invented rents. The crop at left is the live calculator output.

Start with a job

Four jobs. Three live calculators, five in preview.

Pick the decision, see what you get and what you must enter, then open the named tool. Routes stay the same. Preview tools are labeled on the tool list below.

Price a unit Screen a deal Read a market Check expenses

04 · Check expenses

Line up OpEx against a national mid-band.

What you get
Your expense ratios vs an illustrative national mid-band. Not metro-specific OpEx measurements.
Required inputs
Expense line items or percentages.
OpEx Benchmark Preview Open tool →

15 covered metros

HUD FY2026 2BR FMR, side by side.

Raw Fair Market Rent from markets.json — the same 2BR field each city report uses. Sorted high to low. Not a time series and not a traffic claim.

Tools

Three live calculators. Five in preview.

Named tools, same routes. Three are live underwriting tools. Five are labeled preview. Start from a job or open a row. Free, no signup, fully client-side — we show the math, the sources, and the confidence level.

01

Rent Estimator

Market rent range by ZIP, bedroom count, and property type — anchored to HUD FMR.

 Live Open tool → 02

Cap Rate Calculator

NOI, cap rate, and metro benchmark comparison in one click. Cash-on-cash if financed.

 Live Open tool → 03

Cash Flow Analyzer

Full monthly and annual P&L with break-even occupancy, yield, and printable report.

 Live Open tool → 04

Rent Growth Tracker

Estimated YoY for 15 covered metros vs. the sample median. Optional CPI-aged illustration.

 Preview Open tool → 05

Vacancy Panel

Vacancy for 15 covered metros, colored vs. the sample median. Estimated, not a 50-metro map.

 Preview Open tool → 06

Lease Renewal Advisor

Hold / raise modestly / reposition from HUD-anchored market rent. Formula on the page.

 Preview Open tool → 07

OpEx Benchmark

Your expense ratios vs. an illustrative national mid-band — not metro-specific OpEx.

 Preview Open tool → 08

Market Summary

One-page rent, vacancy, cap-rate band, and regulation digest from published files only.

 Preview Open tool →

Agent-native

Built for AI agents, not just dashboards.

RentalAnalytics ships with LandlordIQ — an MCP-compatible API with seven read-only tools. Point Claude, Cursor, a custom agent, or any MCP client at it and automate the work landlords and investors do every week. Every response carries a confidence score, a freshness timestamp, and a labeled data source so an agent knows how much to trust it.

  1. 01 Screen deals get_landlord_market_summary
  2. 02 Renew leases get_lease_renewal_recommendation
  3. 03 Summarize markets get_rent_growth + get_regulations
  4. 04 Monitor portfolios get_market_rent (batched)

Try it — one call, full ZIP context:

LandlordIQ MCP call 
curl "https://api.rentalanalytics.com/get_landlord_market_summary?zip_code=78704"
MCP integration guide Muse connector Agent playbooks
HUD Fair Market Rents · public U.S. Census ACS · public BLS CPI Shelter · public Zillow Research ZORI · estimated ApartmentList indices · estimated

By the numbers

Built for landlords who underwrite, not guess.

A snapshot of what's on the platform today. Every figure is sourced and labeled — no marketing math.

94
ZIP-level HUD anchors
15
Prebuilt metro reports
20
Cities w/ regulation summaries
7
MCP API endpoints (LandlordIQ)

FAQ

Straight answers before you run a number.

The same distinctions the methodology page spells out. Limits live in the footer.

Is HUD Fair Market Rent the asking rent?

HUD Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile voucher schedule. The estimator hero is a separate HUD FY2026 50th-percentile rent, scaled to the ZIP and aged with BLS CPI Shelter. It is a statistical median. It is a starting point beside local comps, and it is not an appraisal.

What do I need to open a calculator?

A ZIP, a bedroom count, or a purchase price you already have. Live and preview tools open with no account. Inputs stay in the browser.

What is live, and what is preview?

Rent Estimator, Cap Rate Calculator, and Cash Flow Analyzer are live. Rent Growth Tracker, Vacancy Panel, Lease Renewal Advisor, OpEx Benchmark, and Market Summary are preview. The tool list on this page labels each one.

Can an agent call the same files?

LandlordIQ is a read-only API with seven GET tools, a confidence score, and a source string. Muse has no MCP support, so the Muse connector is a custom OpenAPI setup. The free tier needs no token.

How current are the city figures?

HUD FY2026 rents are effective 2025-10-01. The estimator ages that file with BLS CPI Shelter. Vacancy, year-over-year growth, and cap-rate blends on city pages stay dated 2024-Q4 and labeled estimated.

Run the rent on a ZIP you already have.

The estimator returns a labeled range in the browser. Cap rate and cash flow are the next two live tools.

Estimate a rent City reports