AI screening app protects landlords from fraudulent tenant applications

[Daniel Puchert]

Good news for South African landlords

Preferental is an artificial intelligence (AI) powered tenant screening app designed to protect landlords from fraudulent tenant applications, which can save them large sums of money.

Evicting a tenant who has failed to pay rent or isn't upholding other aspects of their lease agreement can be a prolonged and costly exercise, requiring several time-consuming steps before any action can be taken.

 

[Quixotic]

The question is do they accept any responsibility in wrongly advising that all is good? I suspect not!

 

[Roo!]

The question is do they accept any responsibility in wrongly advising that all is good? I suspect not!

Well at the bottom of the article they do mention that they will cover eviction costs should they get it wrong. So yes they do.

 

[F1 Fan]

The question is do they accept any responsibility in wrongly advising that all is good? I suspect not!

I used them for about 6 years, and always had good tenants. In the two instances we had an issue, they were completely useless. The cover is basically equivalent the deposit they hold for client.

 

[deweyzeph]

Surely changing the law to make it easier to evict delinquent tenants is a better long-term solution?

 

[LCBXX]

Soon this AI will be called racist.

 

[Cosmik Debris]

Soon this AI will be called racist.

Where does POPIA fit in here?

 

[Corelli]

I think we should get the social credit system like China. Too much debt counts against you for soo many things.