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The Apartment Operator That Made Resident Reviews Its Operating System
IMT Residential grew from 62 apartments and one employee into a nine-state operator by treating the unglamorous details - maintenance calls, team training and online reviews - as the product. Its new Citrus Commons development shows what happens when that operating discipline meets architecture.
The Operating System Behind 24 Million Front Doors
RealPage began by putting apartment ledgers online. Now its software reaches from the first leasing inquiry to the final rent payment - and its next act is an AI workforce built for the unglamorous machinery of rental housing.
Rukita
Rukita is an Indonesian proptech company that manages and rents out furnished co-living spaces, apartments, and boarding houses (kost) under a single brand and app. Founded in 2019 in Jakarta, it aims to raise the quality standard of rental housing for Indonesia's young urban professionals by combining standardized, serviced residences with a technology platform that handles booking, monthly payments, maintenance requests, and community events. Rukita operates directly managed units and a wider marketplace of partner properties, and has expanded its ecosystem into property marketing (RuOption) and financing (RuFinance).
Renew
Renew is a New York-based proptech company that builds an AI-powered resident retention platform for multifamily and single-family rental operators. Founded in 2021 by Rob Hayden and Kevin Murphy, Renew treats the lease-renewal moment as a strategic lever: its software surfaces early churn signals, automates the renewal workflow, and - through the industry's first Resident Referral Network - lets operators keep residents inside their portfolio even when they move. The company raised a $12M Series A in October 2025 to scale the platform.
Openigloo
Openigloo is a New York-based rental platform that brings transparency to the housing market by letting tenants read and write anonymous, crowdsourced reviews of landlords and buildings, cross-referenced with public city data on violations, litigation and bedbug reports. Founded in 2020 by Allia Mohamed and Srujan Routhu, the app helps renters find verified, highly-rated apartments and check whether units are rent-stabilized, and has expanded into landlord-facing leasing tools under the IglooIQ brand.