{"id":"819561a7-e361-4d58-b71f-f68675d70970","task":"Pull rental comparable estimates via HouseCanary comps_rental endpoint","domain":"api-docs.housecanary.com","steps":["Authenticate to the HouseCanary Analytics API using HTTP Basic Auth with your API key (username) and API secret (password).","Call the property/rental_value endpoint for the subject property address and ZIP code to get the HouseCanary rental AVM estimate and confidence range.","Call the property/rental_comps (or comps_rental) endpoint with the same subject address to retrieve a list of comparable rental properties ranked by HouseCanary's proprietary similarity score.","Each comp record returns address, estimated rent, square footage, bedroom/bathroom count, distance from subject, and the similarity score; use these to justify or validate the rental estimate.","Aggregate comp data to compute a per-square-foot rental rate distribution for the subject property's submarket; use this for underwriting or rent-setting decisions.","Optionally call the property/rental_value_forecast endpoint to retrieve projected rent changes over a 12-month horizon, useful for proforma modeling."],"gotchas":["Rental comp coverage varies by market density; rural and low-transaction markets return fewer comps and wider confidence intervals — do not treat the estimate as authoritative in sparse markets.","The number of comps returned is controlled by a count parameter; the default may be lower than expected — explicitly request the desired number up to the plan limit.","Rental estimate endpoints and valuation (sale price) estimate endpoints are separate resources; do not confuse the rental AVM with the sale AVM — they are different models with different data inputs."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T09:24:08.495Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:48.523Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/819561a7-e361-4d58-b71f-f68675d70970"}