REAL AI: AI to give you more personal time, AI facts, headlines, and quote of the week
By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 3 Issue 37
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AI to give you more personal time
Everyone talks about the big benefit of AI is to help real estate agents get more face time with clients. Or help them increase their pipeline.
While I agree that AI can do that, AI may end up delivering something much more valuable to active agents: giving them more personal time.
I base this on decades of working directly with and for real estate agents.
Here’s a great example of why I think the true hidden value in AI – both generative and agentic – is about finally helping to solve the real Holy Grail for real estate: having a real work-life balance.
A fatal flaw of our business
One of my favorite all-time freelance writing assignments for real estate also uncovered one of its saddest truths.
For several years, I wrote an annual cover story for California Real Estate magazine featuring the year’s Top Real Estate Agents. I almost wrote a book from the experience called “The Secrets of the Best Real Estate Agents and Why They Succeed.”
I found so many parallels in their work routines and habits: they all had well-developed systems, highly organized workflows, and they all dramatically grew their business once they hired their first assistant.
But almost every top agent I interviewed who was a parent admitted to having the same regret: They all wished they had spent more time with their kids.
The one quote I will never forget is, “I was a great agent, but a lousy Dad.”
Talk about a stab to the heart! And even though an out-of-whack work-life balance is often a universal truth for real estate agents, I still hear agents at conferences talk about their business as being a 24/7 job.
But does it have to be? Can’t AI help?
We know that leveraging AI can give you more time and that more agentic AI tools are coming to accelerate workflows and amplify productivity as never before.
What agents should think about is a personal AI strategy: how are you going to use that time best?
Will you use that saved time for one-on-ones with clients and prospects to grow your business? Or use that time for your personal life: spend more time with your family, or use it to recharge so you are at your best for those clients and prospects?
Why not divide up the time AI saves you for all the above? Let’s stop talking solely about AI as helping you build your business. Let’s talk about it, helping you get more personal time.
AI may be the missing link for busy agents to achieve that life-work balance. (-Kevin)
AI Facts and Stats
1. 13% of organizations surveyed said they have hired AI compliance specialists – McKinsey
2. 62% of IT leaders stated they have good ideas for AI but trouble executing them – CDW
3. Only about 25% of frontline employees say they receive strong leadership support for AI adoption – BCG
4. AI copilots are expected to be embedded in 80% of workplace applications by 2026 – IDC
5. 83% of senior business leaders surveyed believe that GenAI investments will increase over the next three years – KPMG
Source: Mission Cloud (-Korey)
AI Headlines
Zillow’s new AI staging feature is impressively unimpressive | 9/10/25 The Verge
The Virtual Staging AI tool fails to live up to the hype, as it’s too basic.
Available today: GPT-5 in Microsoft 365 Copilot | 9/7/25 Microsoft
Warning: The integration between Copilot and GPT-5 will NOT be connected to your current ChatGPT Teams or Plus.
Cybersecurity industry preps for autonomous AI attacks | 9/9/25 Axios
Bad actors are using AI and AI is being used to stop bad actors.
Microsoft Leans on Anthropic’s Claude, Raising Questions About Its OpenAI Ties | 9/10/25 TechRepublic
Microsoft brings Claude into Office 365, perhaps leveraging several major chatbots.
5 new AI-powered features that flew under the radar at Apple’s launch event | 9/11/25 ZDNET
New AI capabilities brings Live Translation in the Apple Voice Memo app, which transcribes conversations in real-time.
AI streamlines the search, but you still need the human touch | 9/10/25 Boston.com
Agents, buyers, and sellers should utilize AI as a guide rather than a closer.
A California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots is close to becoming law | 9/10/25 TechCrunch
SB 243 would require chatbot operators in California to implement safety protocols for AI companions.
Can AI help real estate teams stand out or make them all look the same? | 9/11/25 HousingWire
AI success in real estate depends on using it without falling into the ‘sea of sameness’. (-Korey)
AI Quote of the Week
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