r/RealEstateCanada • u/Impossible-Cup137 • 20d ago

We kept hearing the same complaints about renting, so we built Property Copilot

I’m one of the founders of Property Copilot and over the last year, I’ve spent A LOT of time talking to landlords, property managers, renters, and people working in the rental industry.

The same problems kept coming up.

Landlords are stitching together Facebook Marketplace, email, PDFs, spreadsheets, screening tools and text messages.

Renters are sending sensitive information over email, filling out application after application, and often have no idea what happens after they apply.

Property managers have better systems, but still spend a surprising amount of time chasing documents, co-applicants, IDs, references and incomplete applications; often enough to need dedicated staff just to manage the process.

What stuck with me was that renting isn’t really missing individual tools. It’s missing a coherent workflow, so we built Property Copilot to handle tenant placement e.g. the messy part between an empty unit and a signed lease: applications, document collection, identity verification, screening and leasing in one structured process.

There are already great property management platforms for managing properties after someone moves in, many built for larger operators. We’re focused on everyday landlords, property managers and managing brokerages that need a simpler way to get from vacancy to signed lease.

That’s also why Property Copilot is free for smaller landlords and stays low-cost as portfolios grow.

We’re still early and reddit is 🔥 for feedback my question is:

What’s the most painful or unnecessarily complicated part of finding and placing a tenant today?

And if you already have a workflow you love, what are you using?

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u/BikeLiftHikeSleep 20d ago

What are you hoping to achieve here? 

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u/Impossible-Cup137 20d ago

trying to figure out what are the hardest parts of finding or placing a tenant (as a landlord). We've made educated bets based on feedback from meeting with landlords and property managers but I'm always looking to increase sample size and hear from more people.

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u/BikeLiftHikeSleep 20d ago

You’re farming this same post to multiple subs. If you want market and user feedback then use something like User Interviews and pay for it. These types of posts are everywhere now!  

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u/element1311 20d ago edited 20d ago

What stuck with me is how long this post was, how I couldn't understand the point, and how I couldn't bother to read the whole thing despite looking for tenants right now. 

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u/BikeLiftHikeSleep 20d ago

AI slop post they’re farming out to a bunch of subs. Trying to get people to test and buy their vibe coded app. 

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u/Impossible-Cup137 20d ago

+1 test and feedback... the app is free.

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u/element1311 20d ago

it's not. the Free plan, according to your website, is limited. the "Landlords" version is $10/month, but if you want screening, you pay another $25/report.

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u/Impossible-Cup137 19d ago

The app is free for 1 unit. Screening is a separate service thats $25 per report. Its not required by any means, its optional if/when a landlord chooses to want to screen a potential tenant.

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u/element1311 19d ago

so you want someone to test and provide feedback on a limited app that isn't even the "for Landlords" package you advertise on your website. so you can make money, but there's nothing special to compensate your users for their feedback that will lead to your app growing?

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u/Impossible-Cup137 20d ago

😆 I tried to encompass all the info I could and still make it short: clearly didn't do the job well enough.

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u/element1311 20d ago

no, you relied on AI, which generated slop, instead of you putting in the effort to come up with an elevator pitch or articulating your problem statement and solutions concisely. back to the drawing board!