Tenant Occupancy Prediction System Using Ensemble ML Models

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Landlords and real estate managers face high rates of tenant defaults, evictions, and vacancies due to insufficient assessment tools, as conventional credit checks fail to predict tenant suitability and duration of occupancy effectively.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning models, incorporating multiple factors such as neighborhood, property, credit, social, and prior tenancy data to predict tenant occupancy length and likelihood of default, providing a comprehensive scoring system for tenant selection and risk assessment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If conventional credit checks are used to assess tenants, then the assessment process is simple and quick, but the prediction accuracy of tenant suitability and occupancy duration is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprediction accuracyVSAvoidassessment system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple assessment components including credit checks, neighborhood data, property data, social data, and prior tenancy data into a unified predictive system. This integration allows the system to leverage diverse data sources simultaneously, improving prediction accuracy while managing complexity through systematic consolidation of assessment elements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The predictive system serves multiple functions: it assesses creditworthiness, predicts occupancy duration, evaluates tenant suitability, and identifies default risks. By designing a multi-functional assessment platform that handles various prediction tasks, the system achieves comprehensive accuracy improvement without requiring separate specialized systems for each function.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If comprehensive data analysis is implemented to predict tenant occupancy, then the accuracy of tenant selection is improved, but the complexity of the system increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetenant selection reliabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the comprehensive data analysis into distinct modular components: credit assessment module, neighborhood analysis module, property evaluation module, social data processing module, and prior tenancy review module. Each module handles specific data types and prediction aspects independently, then integrates results to produce overall tenant selection reliability while keeping individual module complexity manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces a central predictive processing unit that acts as an intermediary between various data sources and the final tenant selection decision. This intermediary component aggregates, synthesizes, and reconciles information from multiple specialized modules, enabling reliable predictions while shielding the complexity of data integration from end users and simplifying the overall system architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If multiple data factors are incorporated into the prediction model, then the accuracy of occupancy duration prediction is enhanced, but the time and resources required for processing increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoccupancy duration prediction accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary data processing and validation for each data factor before integration into the prediction model. Credit reports, neighborhood statistics, property records, and prior tenancy data are pre-processed, cleaned, and standardized in advance, reducing the computational burden during actual tenant assessment and minimizing processing time while maintaining prediction accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transforms multiple data factors into standardized numerical parameters and features that can be efficiently processed by the prediction algorithm. By converting diverse data types (textual credit reports, categorical neighborhood data, temporal tenancy history) into uniform numerical representations, the system enables faster computational processing while preserving the predictive information content of each data factor.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11315175B2Predicting real estate tenant occupancy
Publication Date: 2022.04.26 THE BEEKIN CO LTD
  • US11315175B2 patent drawing
  • US11315175B2 patent drawing
  • US11315175B2 patent drawing

AI summary

A system may include a rental unit allocation portal and a prediction unit. The portal receives tenant application information and allocating a rental unit based on the tenant application information and a length of stay prediction score associated with the tenant. The prediction unit may determine the length of stay prediction score by using one or more models and voting among the prediction scores of the one or more models. The one or more models may include a logic regression model, a survival analysis model, a tree-based model and/or a gradient boosting model. In addition, the system may include a conformal predictor configured to predict the confidence interval. The length of stay prediction score can also be provided to a risk allocation unit configured to quantify risk by aggregating it for a portfolio of underlying properties with tenants, or a portfolio of loans secured by tenanted properties.