operating-model / loops/renter-loop/journeys/concierge-journey.md
id: renter-loop.journeys.concierge-journeytype: journeystatus: activeversion: 1.0loop: renter-loop

Renter Loop · Concierge Journey

Goal

Operationalise the concierge mechanism that ADR 0003 establishes as Rentiful's defining feature — Learn → Monitor → Share → Feedback — so that each renter's profile tightens through every interaction and the right unit is surfaced proactively rather than searched for. The cycle closes itself: every signal captured in Feedback feeds back into Learn, producing a tighter profile and a more justified next surface.

This journey is not a one-shot funnel. It is the standing operating loop a renter is in from the moment they enter the Renter Loop until they exit (signed lease, archived, or unsubscribed).

Entry conditions

Stages

The four stages map directly onto ADR 0003's Learn / Monitor / Share / Feedback model. The cycle revolves continuously; Feedback → Learn is a transition, not an exit.

1 · Learn

Build and maintain the renter profile progressively through the conversation, not via a single upfront form. The profile is alive — it absorbs every preference signal the renter provides, every response to a surfaced option, every change of heart.

Operations referenced:

2 · Monitor

Watch the market against active profiles in near-real-time. Monitor is not a discrete operation — it is a standing dependency on platform.unit-index keeping inventory state current and consumable. The Share stage reads from this state.

Operations referenced: (none — Monitor is a platform-capability dependency, not an operation)

The honest-brokerage rule in ADR 0003 governs this stage's exit: if no option in the current inventory state is justifiable against any active renter's brief, the journey stays in Monitor. Silence is correct behaviour.

3 · Share

When a justifiable match exists for a renter's current brief, surface it in the conversation with explicit per-unit reasoning. When nothing is justifiable, the concierge stays silent (or sends a nurture touch that does not claim to be a match).

Operations referenced:

This stage is also where the Viewing Journey can begin — a renter who reacts to a surfaced option with viewing intent enters the Viewing Journey while remaining inside this Concierge Journey for everything else.

4 · Feedback

Every option surfaced produces a signal — too small, too expensive, wrong area, right direction — that updates the profile. The loop closes itself by routing the signal back into Learn.

Operations referenced:

Required transitions

From To Precondition
Learn Monitor Minimum qualification fields captured
Monitor Share Justifiable match exists for the renter's current brief
Monitor Monitor No justifiable match — concierge stays silent (per ADR 0003 honest-brokerage rule)
Share Feedback Option surfaced
Feedback Learn Signal captured (closes the cycle)

Failure states

The Concierge Journey's failure states are exactly the ADR 0003 tripwires expressed in journey terms. Numeric thresholds live in renter-loop/metrics.md.

Failure state Description Handled by
surfaced-without-justification Option surfaced in Share without an inspectable per-renter justification. ADR 0003 honest-brokerage tripwire (unjustified-surfaces fraction).
silence-rate-too-low On days with no brief-matching inventory, options were surfaced anyway. ADR 0003 silence-rate floor tripwire.
feedback-not-captured Option surfaced but no signal captured back to profile within the defined window. ADR 0003 feedback-loop-capture tripwire (process-quality dimension 6).
stalled-conversation Conversation sits without progression beyond natural cadence. renter-loop.engagement.stuck-conversation.

Enforcement notes

  • The Concierge Journey is a cycle, not a one-shot. Every revolution should produce a tighter profile and a higher-fit next surface. If the cycle is not visibly tightening, the system is failing its concierge promise even if individual operations look healthy.
  • Silence in Monitor is correct behaviour, not failure. ADR 0003's honest-brokerage rule names this explicitly. It must not be overridden by engagement or cadence targets.
  • Every surface in Share carries an inspectable justification against the renter's current brief.
  • The Renter Loop owner is accountable for the cycle running. The journey itself executes nothing — Operations execute, the journey defines correct progression.
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