Such giants of online booking and real estate buying as Airbnb, Roomorama, Flipkey, SellMyTimeshareNow, HomeAway, Booking.com, OneFineStay, HomeStay, Trivago use the same tricks in their work. Real estate app development company FireArt Studio will help you bring together the practice of cutting-edge services. This way you can avoid the mistakes of beginners. Also, experts will offer you a unique business development plan that meets your personal goals. The most popular requirement is the development of a mobile application for easy search for advertisements for the sale, rent of an apartment, office, house, hotel or hostel. Detailed advice can be obtained at https://fireart.studio/real-estate-mobile-app-development/.
Technical side of the project
After you define the goal, experts will begin to select the means for its implementation step by step. The main tasks at the initial stage:
1. Develop a working prototype of a mobile application.
2. Analyze all problem points before starting.
3. Carefully work out the interface.
P2P Collaboration Model
An apartment rental service is an online platform that focuses exclusively on a specific type of service and connects real estate owners (mostly individuals) who rent out their property and clients who need housing for a specific period. Similar services can specialize in other types of rental: cars, household appliances, and tools.
Geolocation
This feature is very important and can be decisive when choosing an application. In this case, the same mechanism works when calling a taxi. The person marks the point on the map from where he needs to be picked up or chooses the address manually. The same approach works great in the real estate example. You can pre-select the area, the names of residential complexes or hotels. But if you are visiting a country for the first time, this can be difficult if you have not done a little research of the local market beforehand. When developing an application, it is imperative to take human laziness into account. It is enough to mark your location on the map and the application will show the nearest options in the given price range. Thus, built-in geolocation will save users a lot of time and money.
Fast communication and tracking reviews
Directly through the application, you can send a request to the hostel or the owner of the apartment directly. It is desirable that the answer about the possibility of receiving a guest comes quickly. The developer of the service must monitor the integrity of the property owners. With a large number of negative reviews, it is necessary to exclude the proposals of such a seller or landlord from the general list. A well-thought-out rating system and seller ratings will help customers quickly navigate when choosing a home. If one application provides the opportunity to both rent and buy housing, then it is reasonable to divide these offers into two groups and make separate ratings.
One-click payments
An application that allows you to immediately pay for an order is much more convenient than just the ability to book a room or apartment. Developers need to implement various payment methods:
• Bank cards;
• Using online services;
• By installments or credit.
The more payment options available, the better. Cash payments are also worth saving. At the same time, it is advisable to somehow protect the sellers from the absence of customers if they agreed to a deal without collateral.
Personalization
The development team must create the feeling for each user that the application was created especially for them. Personalization is achieved through the introduction of artificial intelligence, which collects data about each user. The program selects interesting offers based on the Internet requests of each person. Everything is taken into account: the time of the year, the frequently visited countries, the types of entertainment, the price range of hotels, and so on. Travel is sweet memory that warm human hearts throughout the year until the next trip. Therefore, an app for renting a car or housing, regardless of platform (Android or iOS), should provide the best user experience with a personalized and intuitive interface.
Attracting new users
When users understand the benefits of your application, they will associate their positive emotions from the trip with it. As a result, positive recommendations to friends and acquaintances are guaranteed. Users are happy to share their experiences with others, so you get two benefits at once: user-generated content and free advertising.
Brief conclusion:
It was convenient to rent or buy real estate through the site 10 years ago. Now life has accelerated so much that if you do not have a mobile application, there is a risk that people will not even know about you. The mobile application helps not only to speed up the selection of a property and immediately reserve it using prepayment. For business owners, this is a great opportunity to work out a quality marketing strategy. They will receive advertising, reviews, portfolios, and accounting in one place with taxes and service commission paid.