Introduction
About a week ago, the paid plan for Zillow Data Exporter was released. It is currently in beta, and more features will be added over the coming weeks and months.
The paid plan is USD $49/month and allows you to export up to 800 property listings for rent per file from Zillow.
The free plan allows you to export up to 40 property listings for rent per file from Zillow.
In this guide, I will show you how to use the paid plan's functionality of Zillow Data Exporter.
Create a Zillow Data Exporter Account
To export a single page of property listings for rent from Zillow, you do not need to create a Zillow Data Exporter account.
However, should you want to export multiple pages of results, then you have to create a Zillow Data Exporter account by clicking on the following link.
Sign up page of Zillow Data Exporter
Upgrade to Basic or Pro plan
Upgrade to the Basic or Pro plan by clicking on the following link.
Pro plan subscription of Zillow Data Exporter
You can export up to 800 property listings for rent per file from Zillow once you have signed up for the paid plan.
Export rental properties on 1 page
To export rental properties on 1 page, you need to go to the Zillow website and search for a location. For example, you can search for San Francisco, CA.
After you search for a location, you will see a list of rental properties. You can see the number of rental properties on the top of the page. For example, you can see that there are 2,526 rental properties in San Francisco, CA.
Number of rental properties in San Francisco, CA
This process has not changed since the extension was released. You can still export up to 40 rental properties per file from Zillow for free.
To export rental properties on 1 page, you need to click on the Export properties on this page button.
You can see the button in the following screenshot.
When the export starts you should see the following text on the page:
Once the export is completed you will find the file in your Downloads folder on Mac or on the equivalent folder on Windows.
Export rental properties on multiple pages
To export rental properties on multiple pages, you can stay on the same page and click on the Export all properties button.
When the export starts you should see the following text on the page:
Once the export is completed you will find the file in your Downloads folder on Mac or on the equivalent folder on Windows.
Caveats and limitations
There are some caveats and limitations that you should be aware of. For starters, the number of rental properties that you can export is limited to 800 per file.
The reason this limit exist is because Zillow actually lies about the number of properties being displayed.
There are a maximum of 20 pages displayed for each search. We also know that Zillow will display up to 40 properties per page. This means that there is a maximum of 800 properties displayed per search.
That is why, when you export rental properties on multiple pages, you will only be able to export up to 800 properties per file.
If you discount the various ads and other elements that are displayed on the page, the total number of properties that will end up being exported will be between 700 and 800.
Each search being different, the number of properties that will be exported will vary.
Conclusion
In this article, you learned how to export rental properties from Zillow using the Zillow Data Exporter Chrome extension.
You also learned how to sign up for the paid plan and how to export rental properties on 1 page and on multiple pages.
If you have any questions, please let me know by using the contact form or send me an email at support@propertydatalabs.com.