Product Requirements Document

Names
Suggested names 

 

 Be8flat 

 rentbridge.in 

 getrented.in 

 gogetrented.com 

 Staybrok.com 

 Rentzo.in  

 RentVia.in 

 RentBrokerly.com 

 Zentrilla.com 

 Rentiva

New PRD
Assumptions 

 

 

 Timeline: 4 weeks (1 month) 

 

 

 Scope: Broker-first MVP with lead management, basic AI assistance, and panoramic / virtual tours 

 

 

 Team: Ideally 2–3 developers + 1 product/UX working in parallel 

 

 

 

 Week 1 – Product, Architecture, and Core Skeleton 

 Product & UX 

 

 

 Lock final scope with broker-first focus : 

 

 

 Brokers as the primary entity 

 

 

 Properties discovered only through brokers 

 

 

 Controlled visibility (public / sneak-peek / private) 

 

 

 

 

 Define end-to-end user journeys for: 

 

 

 Broker Admin 

 

 

 Broker Employees (manager, agent, viewer) 

 

 

 End users (renters/buyers) 

 

 

 

 

 Create low-fidelity wireframes for: 

 

 

 Broker public profile page 

 

 

 Broker dashboard: 

 

 

 Employees 

 

 

 Properties 

 

 

 Leads 

 

 

 

 

 User broker discovery flow 

 

 

 Broker detail page with: 

 

 

 Public listings 

 

 

 Sneak-peek listings 

 

 

 

 

 Lead/contact creation flow 

 

 

 Property viewing (public and shared/private) 

 

 

 AI assistance entry point (broker side) 

 

 

 Panoramic / virtual tour viewer 

 

 

 

 

 Architecture & Setup 

 

 

 Choose tech stack: 

 

 

 Frontend: React / Next.js 

 

 

 Backend: Node.js (NestJS or similar) 

 

 

 Database: PostgreSQL 

 

 

 Cache: Redis 

 

 

 Vector search: pgvector (or equivalent) 

 

 

 Storage: Object storage for images and 360° media 

 

 

 

 

 Set up: 

 

 

 Repositories and basic CI 

 

 

 Dev and staging environments 

 

 

 Authentication base (email + password, roles stubbed) 

 

 

 

 

 Define initial data models & API contracts: 

 

 

 Entities: 

 

 

 User 

 

 

 Broker / Agency 

 

 

 Employee 

 

 

 Property 

 

 

 Property Privacy Level (Public / Sneak-Peek / Private) 

 

 

 Lead 

 

 

 Media (images, 360° tours) 

 

 

 Location 

 

 

 Activity Log 

 

 

 

 

 APIs: 

 

 

 Auth 

 

 

 Broker & employee management 

 

 

 Property CRUD 

 

 

 Lead creation 

 

 

 Broker public pages 

 

 

 Media upload & access 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Goal (Week 1): Clear UX flows, finalized data models, API contracts defined, and frontend + backend skeletons running with auth stubbed or implemented. 

 

 Week 2 – Core Broker & User MVP 

 Backend Implementation 

 

 

 Implement models & migrations for: 

 

 

 Users, brokers/agencies, employees 

 

 

 Properties with privacy levels 

 

 

 Leads with basic statuses 

 

 

 Locations 

 

 

 

 

 Implement core APIs: 

 

 

 Authentication (signup, login, session handling) 

 

 

 Broker creation and profile management 

 

 

 Employee invite, role assignment, and access control 

 

 

 Property lifecycle: 

 

 

 Draft → Pending Review → Published / Rejected 

 

 

 

 

 Lead creation and assignment to broker/employees 

 

 

 

 

 Integrate geocoding: 

 

 

 Address → latitude/longitude during property creation 

 

 

 Store and index location data 

 

 

 

 

 Frontend Implementation 

 

 

 Broker dashboard: 

 

 

 Employee management (invite, role view) 

 

 

 Property creation and editing 

 

 

 Property approval workflow 

 

 

 Lead list (basic) 

 

 

 

 

 User flows: 

 

 

 Browse brokers 

 

 

 Broker public profile page 

 

 

 View public and sneak-peek listings 

 

 

 Contact broker form 

 

 

 

 

 Access control: 

 

 

 Anonymous browsing with limits 

 

 

 Signup wall after limit exceeded 

 

 

 

 

 Goal (Week 2): 

 

 

 Brokers can fully manage inventory and employees 

 

 

 Users can browse brokers and submit leads 

 

 

 Property approval and RBAC work end-to-end 

 

 

 

 Week 3 – AI Assistance & Panoramic / Virtual Tours 

 AI Assistance (Broker-Focused) 

 

 

 Implement embeddings + vector search over broker inventory 

 

 

 Index: 

 

 

 Property title and description 

 

 

 Location text 

 

 

 Key attributes (rent, type, size, amenities) 

 

 

 

 

 AI capabilities: 

 

 

 Match lead requirements to broker properties 

 

 

 Rank properties for a specific lead 

 

 

 

 

 API: 

 

 

 Input: lead context or free-text query 

 

 

 Output: ranked list of broker properties 

 

 

 

 

 Panoramic / Virtual Tours 

 

 

 Define minimal v1 support: 

 

 

 360° images and/or external virtual tour links 

 

 

 

 

 Backend: 

 

 

 Media upload and association with properties 

 

 

 Storage and access control for tours 

 

 

 

 

 Frontend: 

 

 

 Integrated 360° viewer on property pages 

 

 

 View available tours for public and shared properties 

 

 

 

 

 Controlled Property Sharing 

 

 

 Allow brokers to: 

 

 

 Share private properties with specific users 

 

 

 Track which leads can view which properties 

 

 

 

 

 User can view shared properties only within the platform 

 

 

 Goal (Week 3): 

 

 

 Brokers can shortlist properties using AI 

 

 

 Users can view panoramic tours for shared properties 

 

 

 Private property sharing works securely 

 

 

 

 Week 4 – Hardening, Analytics, and Launch Prep 

 UX & Polish 

 

 

 Improve validation and error handling 

 

 

 Add loading and empty states 

 

 

 Responsive layouts for mobile and tablet 

 

 

 Refine broker public pages: 

 

 

 Branding 

 

 

 Public inventory 

 

 

 Contact actions 

 

 

 

 

 Security & RBAC 

 

 

 Finalize permission enforcement for: 

 

 

 Broker Admin 

 

 

 Manager 

 

 

 Agent 

 

 

 Viewer 

 

 

 User 

 

 

 Platform Admin 

 

 

 

 

 Security hardening: 

 

 

 Rate limiting 

 

 

 Input validation 

 

 

 Secure sessions and cookies 

 

 

 

 

 Analytics 

 

 

 Broker dashboard metrics: 

 

 

 Leads received 

 

 

 Properties shared 

 

 

 Property views per lead 

 

 

 

 

 Platform admin metrics: 

 

 

 Active brokers 

 

 

 Total leads 

 

 

 Active properties 

 

 

 

 

 Activity/event tracking: 

 

 

 Broker profile views 

 

 

 Property views 

 

 

 Lead creation 

 

 

 Property sharing actions 

 

 

 

 

 Testing & Stabilization 

 

 

 Unit tests for core services 

 

 

 End-to-end tests: 

 

 

 Broker signup 

 

 

 Property approval 

 

 

 User contact flow 

 

 

 Private property sharing 

 

 

 

 

 Manual QA across major devices and browsers 

 

 

 Launch Readiness 

 

 

 Seed demo brokers and sample properties 

 

 

 Document: 

 

 

 Known limitations 

 

 

 Technical debt 

 

 

 Post-MVP roadmap 

 

 

 

 

 Prepare deployment and rollback plans 

 

 

 Goal (Week 4): 

 

 

 Stable broker-first MVP 

 

 

 All core workflows verified 

 

 

 Ready for pilot users