Rochester investment real estate research · updated September 19, 2026
Explore separate, source-forward records for small multifamily, 5+ apartments, rents, and neighborhood markets—plus a validation-first commercial system led by Industrial.
City of Rochester · two-to-four-unit MLS closings
Five-year history, current-year dashboard, official neighborhood geography, and repeatable definitions.
Recorded rent observations and same-unit comparisons with stable-unit matching and sample controls.
168 legal transactions, four size bands, qualifying ZIPs, building age, and a visible reconciliation ledger.
Shared platform and asset-specific evidence gates are live. No commercial statistics publish before validation.
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Use each dataset inside its own property type, dates, geography, sample rules, and source limitations.
New cross-asset terminal
The Market Explorer connects 2–4, 5+, Industrial, Mixed-Use, Retail, and Office while keeping incompatible metrics and validation-stage datasets visibly separate.
Open Market ExplorerNew 5+ multifamily report
Compare annual results, four building-size bands, nine qualifying ZIP codes, reported building age, and the reconciliation from 185 source rows to 168 legal transactions.
Open the 5+ reportCommercial build · Industrial first
The Phase I transaction schema, source hierarchy, classification rules, size lenses, map controls, and publication gates are live. Market statistics remain held until the source population passes QA.
Open Industrial Phase ILive 2026 market dashboard
Filter duplexes, triplexes, and four-unit properties. Compare the same year-to-date period in 2025 and 2026, then inspect sales, price, market time, volume, and Updegraff Group Realty activity.
Open the dashboardFirst-party rent evidence
Explore 645 same-unit rent comparisons plus 915 qualifying Rochester rent episodes from 2014–2026 by year, bedroom count, ZIP code, and supported official neighborhoods.
Open the rent reportSide-by-side tool
Choose any two supported City polygons and compare sales, price, market time, annual results, and sample strength without mixing dates or definitions.
Compare neighborhoodsFive-year Rochester map
Explore official City geography, annual sales, price distributions, and documented UGR participation across one controlled five-year MLS population.
Open the five-year mapFinger Lakes explorer
Compare all eleven lakes with actual geography, shared market definitions, and clear disclosure of where experience ends and research begins.
Explore the lakesNew research territory
Use the interactive selector to see where we have documented transaction experience, regional experience, and research coverage only—plus the market questions each lake still needs answered.
How the numbers are handled
MLS records, City polygons, and affiliated-company activity stay separate until the method says exactly how they were joined.
See the definitions and limitationsHave an actual decision in front of you?
Investment acquisition, disposition, management, research, and collaboration inquiries all start in one place—with the source labeled correctly.
Why this site exists
I began investing here in 2008 and moved into the work full-time in 2010. Since then I have bought buildings, rebuilt rough properties, represented investors, managed rentals, and made enough mistakes to know where a clean spreadsheet can still mislead you.
This site combines that experience with reproducible market research. When the record is incomplete—as it is on parts of my own portfolio—I will tell you.
About Mark and the affiliated companiesNew to the market?
Property types, taxes, legal use, rehabilitation, leasing, operations, and exit planning—connected in one place.