PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Our system checks everything, from fake bank statements to real-time employment, while providing immediate affordability results based on verified information.
Fitzcharles explains.
Tackling the AI Arms Race
While AI empowers agents to work faster, it also enables fraudsters. Fitzcharles warns that nearly 40 % of tenant applications show signs of fraud, from doctored documents to false employment histories.
Preferental’ s solution counters this with metadata checks, real-time scraping, document authentication, and affordability insights, giving landlords a powerful edge in spotting high-risk tenants before they sign the lease.
Deposit Plus: Solving the deposit dilemma
In a tough economy, tenants struggle to afford large deposits, while landlords need protection against damage or default. Preferental’ s Deposit Plus product solves both sides:
• Tenants can pay their deposit over 10 months
• Landlords receive full deposit certainty from day one
Even more impressively, Deposit Plus covers the full balance of the lease against death and disability while providing 4 months’ protection in cases where a tenant is involuntarily retrenched.
It’ s designed to protect everyone, the tenant, the landlord, and the agent,” says Fitzcharles.“ This is where the future of renting is going, deeply integrated value.
42 REI MAGAZINE AUGUST 2025