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API Reference

REST API for the US Rental Investment Score dataset. All endpoints return JSON. No authentication required.

Base URL
Endpoints
GET /rental-investment/api/zctas Filter & paginate all scored ZCTAs ▼
ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
stateoptionalstring—Filter by state abbreviation (e.g. TX)
min_scoreoptionalnumber 0–1—Minimum investment score
max_scoreoptionalnumber 0–1—Maximum investment score
metro_onlyoptionalbooleanfalseOnly return ZCTAs inside a CBSA / metro area
min_popoptionalinteger—Minimum ZCTA population
max_ptroptionalnumber—Maximum price-to-rent ratio
limitoptionalinteger50Results per page (max 200)
offsetoptionalinteger0Pagination offset
library(httr2) request("https://stanis.xyz/rental-investment/api/zctas") |> req_url_query(state = "TX", min_score = 0.62, limit = 25) |> req_perform() |> resp_body_json(simplifyVector = TRUE)
GET /rental-investment/api/zctas/:zcta Full data for a single ZCTA ▼
ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
zctarequiredstring—5-digit ZCTA code (path segment, not query param)
request("https://stanis.xyz/rental-investment/api/zctas/75201") |> req_perform() |> resp_body_json()
GET /rental-investment/api/top Top markets re-scored by preset profile ▼
ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
profileoptionalstringbalancedbalanced, cash_flow, section_8, value_add, conservative
stateoptionalstring—Restrict to one state
limitoptionalinteger25Number of results (max 100)
# Top 10 Florida markets for cash flow request("https://stanis.xyz/rental-investment/api/top") |> req_url_query(profile = "cash_flow", state = "FL", limit = 10) |> req_perform() |> resp_body_json(simplifyVector = TRUE) |> _$results
GET /rental-investment/api/score Custom-weight score for one ZCTA ▼
ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
zctarequiredstring—5-digit ZCTA to score
w_yieldoptionalnumber—Per-component weights. Any subset can be passed; weights are auto-normalized to sum to 1. Valid keys: w_price, w_yield, w_fmr, w_voucher, w_rehab, w_crime, w_landlord, w_tax, w_climate, w_eviction, w_pop_growth, w_market_size, w_unemployment, w_rental_vacancy, w_appreciation, w_rent_growth. Omit all to use the balanced profile.
w_crimeoptionalnumber—
w_...optionalnumber—
# Score ZCTA 75201 heavily weighted toward yield and low crime request("https://stanis.xyz/rental-investment/api/score") |> req_url_query( zcta = "75201", w_yield = 0.40, w_crime = 0.25, w_fmr = 0.20, w_tax = 0.15 ) |> req_perform() |> resp_body_json()
GET /rental-investment/api/states State-level aggregate summaries ▼

No parameters. Returns all 50 states + DC sorted by average investment score.

request("https://stanis.xyz/rental-investment/api/states") |> req_perform() |> resp_body_json(simplifyVector = TRUE)
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