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Rudi Davis
03 Apr 2026

Most commercial real estate (CRE) firms are experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI), but few have integrated it into their daily operations. Eglae Recchia, Chief Operating Officer at Keyway, points to a recent survey of about 150 CRE firms. While 45% are piloting AI solutions, only 9% have successfully put them into production workflows. This wide ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
02 Apr 2026

The self-storage industry’s pandemic boom has ended. Rents are declining, and supply now exceeds demand in many markets. Yet some operators are outperforming peers, not by slashing prices, but by aggressively improving operational efficiency. Rather than focusing solely on filling units, successful operators are investing in back-office systems that save time and reduce waste. This ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
02 Apr 2026

House hunting in the New York metro area once meant endless scrolling, slow paperwork, and unpredictable pricing. Now, artificial intelligence is quietly changing the process — speeding up some steps, cutting costs in others, but also introducing new risks and uncertainties. If you’ve seen listings with highly polished photos or instant project renderings, AI is ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
01 Apr 2026

Buying or selling a home once meant endless scrolling, slow paperwork, and unpredictable pricing. Now, artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping that process – speeding up some steps, lowering costs, but also introducing new risks and uncertainty. If you’ve seen listings with flawless photos, received instant loan pre-approvals, or noticed price estimates that seem unusually precise, ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
31 Mar 2026

If you’ve been buying or selling a home in Florida recently, the process may feel smoother than ever: sharper listings, more relevant search results, and property matches that seem almost intuitive. But that efficiency comes with a trade-off. Increasingly, artificial intelligence is shaping which homes buyers see — and which listings sellers struggle to surface. ...

Rudi Davis
29 Mar 2026

Three years after artificial intelligence became the latest must-have for real estate brokerages, the promised productivity gains have yet to materialize. The problem is not with AI’s technical potential, but with how the industry conflates occasional tool use with the deep integration needed to change how agents actually work. According to Dave Carter, Vice President ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
25 Mar 2026

The solar construction industry is moving away from labor-intensive, craft-based methods toward a model that resembles outdoor manufacturing, with automation and robotics playing a growing role. Ryan Johnson, Vice President of Solar and Energy Storage at Clayco, says the repetitive nature of solar installations makes them well-suited for autonomous systems handling core tasks such as ...

KeyCrew
24 Mar 2026

DALLAS, Texas – TrueFocus Automation is reporting client return on investment timelines of weeks to months rather than years, as title insurance companies accelerate adoption of robotic process automation and artificial intelligence solutions to address labor shortages and operational efficiency pressures. The Dallas based company, founded by title insurance operations veterans Jimmy Lewis and Sridhar ...

Rudi Davis
21 Mar 2026

The hospitality industry’s rapid adoption of artificial intelligence in customer-facing roles is eroding guest experiences and undermining premium pricing, according to operators managing luxury properties. Reuben Doetsch, co-founder and CTO of AvantStay, draws a clear line between using technology to streamline administrative work and using it to replace human judgment in guest service. “You want ...

Rudi Davis
15 Mar 2026

New California legislation requiring disclosure of digitally altered property photos has highlighted a growing problem in real estate: the industry’s inability to detect AI-manipulated images reliably. As AI tools for generating and editing property photos become widely accessible, MLS operators are under pressure to treat detection technology as essential compliance infrastructure. AI-Manipulated Listing Photos Are ...

Rudi Davis
13 Mar 2026

Artificial intelligence is changing how homebuyers research agents, interest rates, and transaction timelines, but it is also exposing a persistent misunderstanding about what real estate agents actually do. Margaret Cook, Sales Associate at The Cook Team at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, says buyers increasingly arrive with AI-generated information but often underestimate the complexity ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
12 Mar 2026

Buying a home in Nashville once meant endless scrolling, slow paperwork, and hoping your offer would stand out. Today, artificial intelligence is quietly changing that process — speeding up some steps and lowering costs, but also introducing new challenges and risks. If you’ve noticed listings with flawless photos or received a mortgage pre-approval in minutes, ...

Rudi Davis
11 Mar 2026

Silicon Valley’s real estate market is slowing down, and immigration policy uncertainty is a bigger factor than mortgage rates. That is the assessment of Amol Heda, Broker Associate at KW Bay Area Estates in Los Gatos. Heda says skilled immigrants on H-1B visas and similar programs, who make up a large share of the Bay ...

Rudi Davis
11 Mar 2026

As artificial intelligence becomes capable of replicating voices, generating content, and creating convincing digital personas, real estate professionals with authentic personal brands and industry credibility hold a clear advantage that AI cannot easily duplicate. James Huang, Managing Director of Commercial Real Estate at RESAAS Services Inc., says the rise of AI-generated content is making trust ...