>rent price fixing RealPage leads to faster rent drops when the economy is slow. It makes price discovery easier for landlords.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4403058

Key quote: “ We find strong evidence that algorithmic pricing helps building managers set prices that are more responsive to market conditions, with adopters lowering rents more rapidly than non-adopters during economic downturns.”

The claim that RealPage leads to price fixing reminds me of the claim that inflation is happening due to corporate greed.