Vocasa Docs
Status: live. analyze_rental and deal_score are available now, free and with no login.
What Vocasa is
Vocasa lets AI assistants analyze US residential property as a rental investment, using NestCalc.ai's independent analysis.
MCP server
Connect
ChatGPT
Vocasa is available in ChatGPT. Ask ChatGPT about a rental property and get the numbers, or ask for the current Deal Scores in Cincinnati.
The analysis and Deal Scores come from NestCalc.ai: Vocasa runs NestCalc.ai's independent real estate investment analysis. Deal Score ranks Cincinnati houses for sale weekly, and every score is stored with its date and never edited.
- Open Vocasa in ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6ac4b5aaea348191a44ee18f387941e1
- Select Install plugin, and Connect if prompted. Vocasa needs no sign-in.
- In a chat, ask about a rental property. ChatGPT uses Vocasa when it's relevant, or type @ and select Vocasa.
Your ChatGPT plan, workspace settings and region decide whether you can install a plugin. OpenAI's current steps: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001256-plugins-in-chatgpt
Claude and other MCP clients
Vocasa is a remote MCP server. Add it to any assistant or agent that supports remote MCP servers.
- Endpoint:
https://mcp.vocasa.ai/mcp - Transport: Streamable HTTP
- Sign-in: none. Free use needs no account and no API key, and has a fair-use daily limit.
- Tools:
analyze_rentalanddeal_score. Read-only resources: the method and the covered markets.
Claude (claude.ai, Claude Desktop and Cowork, on Free, Pro and Max plans)
- Open Customize > Connectors.
- Click + Add, then Add custom connector.
- Name it Vocasa, paste
https://mcp.vocasa.ai/mcp, and click Continue. - Under Authentication, choose No sign in, then click Add.
- In a chat, turn Vocasa on from the + menu, under Connectors.
Free plans allow one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise plans, an Owner adds the connector in Organization settings > Connectors first. Anthropic's current steps: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11175166-get-started-with-custom-connectors-using-remote-mcp
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http vocasa https://mcp.vocasa.ai/mcp
Apify
Paid and agent use is also on the Apify Store: https://apify.com/nestcalc/rental-property-analyzer
A plain browser visit to the endpoint returns an MCP error (HTTP 405). That is normal: the endpoint is for MCP clients, not browsers.
Not an appraisal.
Tools
analyze_rental: Analyze a US residential property as a rental investment. Give an address or the key facts (price, beds, baths, square feet, ZIP). Add any numbers the user knows, such as their expected rent, tax or insurance; they override our estimates. Returns an investment score, IRR over a 15-year hold, monthly cash flow, cap rate, cash-on-cash return and DSCR, with the source of every input shown. Estimates only, not an appraisal. Free, no logindeal_score: NestCalc's independent Deal Score for a for-sale listing, or a covered city's current top deals. Free, no login
Planned, not available yet:
compare_properties: two to five properties side by side. Freesave_to_account: save an analysis to a free HomeFastCalc or CasaWise account. Free with an accountorder_report: a full paid report, purchased on nestcalc.ai. Paidbook_consult: a paid consultation with NestCalc's founder, booked on nestcalc.ai. Paid
Not an appraisal.
Example requests
- "Is [address] a good rental investment?"
- "Run the numbers on a 3-bed house in ZIP [zip] listed at [price] if it rents for [rent]."
- "What are the top rental deals in Cincinnati right now?"
Limits
- US residential property only. Properties outside the US return "not supported yet."
- Buildings of four or more units, and multi-family listings without a unit count, are not scored.
deal_scorecovers Cincinnati only.- Free use has a fair-use daily limit.
- Estimates for research, not appraisals or financial advice.
Method
No one can buy or request a better score; a score updates only when a listing fact is corrected, and the original dated score stays on record.
The scoring method is published on nestcalc.ai.
Privacy and terms
See the privacy policy and the terms.
Also on Apify
Vocasa's rental property analysis is also available on Apify: rental-property-analyzer.