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Where would you get reliable information from? A property is rented out, on average, for 13 months. That means only a very small number of tenants per property. That's the primary cause of > Or reviews exist, but they are fragmented, unverifiable, or anonymous to the point of being useless. and the reason it won't really change anything most of the time.

I see at least two issues that I think you’d need to figure out to make this idea viable. Not saying this to kill your idea, but pointing them out to help you plan 1. You talk about asymmetrical information, but I think you’re still going to end up with that until you hit a critical mass where landlords cannot afford to not be on your platform. If I’m a shitty landlord and I don’t want tenants to be able to screen me, I just don’t sign up for your platform. Shit, if I’m a good landlord and I’m just worried about being slandered by a bad tenant I may not sign up. Maybe to frame it a different way, as a landlord the current system works to my benefit. Even if I’m a good landlord, what is the incentive for me to join a platform that takes that away from me. 2. A lot of places have laws around the application process to avoid discrimination. For example, in Seattle a landlord has to accept the first qualified candidate who applies for a rental. A landlord can set restrictions (like no evictions, credit score over 700, etc), but the first applicant who meets all those must be accepted. Your idea likely comes in before the application ever happens, but I think it violates the spirit of those laws and, if you ever got traction, you might still end up in a legal battle over things like that.

This will open land lords up to a ton of discrimination lawsuits. There is a reason landlords usually don’t meet the prospective tenants.

Nice idea in theory, but i'd question the motive people would have behind using it. To me, it seems like an extra barrier between browsing a lot of properties as fast as possible when searching for your ideal criteria. I'd also question if your landlord is an influence on property choice, or if people are just searching for their dream property irregardless of vendor. From my experience, searching for a property is about being able to process and digest as much information as fast as possible concisely without barriers. (being able to check lots of houses in any downtime i have). If i found 'the one' and i feel i missed out on it because of jumping through hoops to contact or view, i'd leave the platform and look for the same property listed on other services.