Apartmint and Planitar have announced a new partnership that will take the guesswork out of the home rental process. The digital startup companies will integrate their state-of-the-art technologies to create the most complete online residential rental experience. Expanding in the Greater Toronto Area, Waterloo, and Kitchener, and ultimately nationwide, the new platform will disrupt the home rental market and use emerging technologies to save households time and money.
The Canadian rental market is an $18.2 billion industry, with 13.3 million households renting residential spaces annually. For every transaction, there are a host of potential problems for landlords such as bad tenants and home damages, and for tenants who may face scams, inaccurate, or fake listings. Apartmint offers a solution that helps both tenants and landlords streamline the rental process and mitigate risks. Apartmint’s mobile-friendly software platform features tenant profiles with reviews, references, and credit checks, which also serve as their rental application. Renters can search for homes through the website and apply directly using their profile in just a couple of quick steps.
Apartmint will also integrate Planitar’s groundbreaking iGuide software system in the following weeks. iGuide provides an immersive 360 degree view of a home environment, mapped with an integrated floorplan. The technology combines professional photographic services with Planitar’s laser-equipped camera to capture 3D perspectives of rooms, generate floor plans, and produce accurate measurements. The iGuide tour provides comprehensive views of the home with room images that are crisp and easy to view online.
As iGuide (continues its North American expansion), Apartmint will offer the technology to Ontario clients who include property mangers and realtors. On top of providing reliable checks of potential tenants, Apartmint now offers landlords the opportunity to create interactive tours of their units for a quick, easy rental.
Current and future clients of iGuide will also now have even more features at their convenience with further integrated technology from this Apartmint partnership. “We are always looking towards new technologies to innovate and become more efficient,” said Ho Tek, partner and vice-president of Domus Student Housing Inc. and a client of iGuide. “Ultimately, this integration and efficiency has translated into saved time and money.”
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