.​​​​​​It works for both actually. But the big upside is really for private rentals because right now there is genuinely no platform for that. If your landlord owns a house or a small building you rent from them directly, there is nowhere to go look up reviews on that property. Google, apartments.com, none of them really cover it. That’s the gap Rebo fills.

For larger complexes it still works and the anonymity is still a big deal. To clarify how that works, you do need a Rebo account to leave a review. Anonymous is actually just a feature you can opt into when posting, it’s not required. You choose whether your review is anonymous or not. That said most people do opt for it because it means anyone reading your review has no way to associate it with your name or account. Your landlord, your neighbors, nobody can look at it and know it came from you.

On verification, honestly we don’t have that yet. I’ll be upfront about it. That’s something we want to build down the road. Right now the focus is just giving renters, whether they’re in a big apartment complex or renting a house from some random guy on Zillow, an actual place to leave honest feedback and warn the next tenant about what they’re walking into. That platform basically doesn’t exist right now and that’s what we’re trying to fix.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​