Pure comps. We compare like‑for‑like — nothing else.
Before we price your unit, Rent Check strips out furnished and seasonal / short‑term rentals. Those ask two to three times an annual lease and would quietly inflate the number. What you see is annual, unfurnished, market rent — led by signed leases (real transactions), matched on beds, baths and location. Exactly what we say it is.
You turned on Include furnished — comps below now include furnished units, so they will read higher.
"Actually rented for" = the median of real CLOSED MLS leases (what tenants signed), not what landlords were asking. Closed beats asking — if the two columns disagree, believe the signed one.