18 ideas
AI ideas for real estate teams
For agents and small teams: first replies to new leads, showing feedback for sellers, listing copy drafts and follow-ups. Follow Up Boss connects through Composio; Gmail and Calendar are official.
- 01Leads / Reporting
A morning callback list built from yesterday's missed calls
Before the office opens, Cowork pulls yesterday's missed and abandoned calls, matches them to existing customers, and emails one ranked callback list to the person who answers the phone.
Most trades & officesQuo, RingCentral, Jobber +2Light setup - 02Leads
First-touch drafts for new buyer and seller leads
Every hour, Cowork reads new leads in Follow Up Boss or the inbox, writes a first reply that answers their actual question, and suggests the next step for the agent.
Real estate · InsuranceFollow Up Boss, Gmail, HubSpotMedium setup - 03Scheduling / Leads
Booking replies that include real open times
When someone emails to set up a meeting, Cowork reads the calendar and drafts a reply with two or three open times and a single-use Calendly link.
Insurance · Bookkeeping · Law · Real estate · LandscapingGmail, Google Calendar, CalendlyLight setup - 04Reviews / Marketing
Reply drafts for every new Google review
Cowork checks for new Google reviews each day and writes a reply in the owner's voice: thanks for the good ones, and a calm, offline-first reply for the bad ones that the owner must approve.
Most trades & officesGoogle Business Profile, Zapier, Jobber +1Medium setup - 05Reviews / Marketing
Review requests the day after a job is finished
Each morning, Cowork reads yesterday's completed jobs and drafts a short, personal review request for happy customers, mentioning the tech and the work.
Most trades & officesJobber, Gmail, Google DriveLight setup - 06Reporting / Marketing
A Friday tally of where this week's leads came from
Once a week, Cowork reads the week's new Jobber requests and lead emails, works out the source of each one (Google, referral, truck sign, Angi, repeat customer), and emails the owner a short table.
Electrical · Plumbing · HVAC · Landscaping · Real estateJobber, Gmail, Google DriveLight setup - 07Reporting / People
A weekly audit of what the AI actually did and saved
Every Monday, Cowork reads its own log of drafts created and approved and sends leadership a short report: hours saved by agreed standard times, approval rate, and which drafts people keep rejecting.
Most trades & officesGoogle Drive, Gmail, JobberLight setup - 08Reporting
The owner's weekly numbers, in one Monday email
At 6 AM Monday, Cowork pulls last week's revenue, jobs, quotes, overdue invoices, cash and new reviews into one short email, with three things that need the owner's attention.
Most trades & officesQuickBooks Online, Jobber, Gusto +2Light setup - 09People / Admin
A new-hire packet and first-week checklist, ready the day they accept
When the owner marks a candidate as hired, Cowork assembles the new hire's packet from Drive templates, drafts the welcome email, and makes a checklist of everything due in the first week.
Most trades & officesGoogle Drive, Gmail, GustoLight setup - 10People
Write the job post and sort applicants into a sheet
When the shop is hiring, Cowork drafts the job post from a short brief, then reads incoming applications each day and puts each one into a sheet with the details the owner asked for.
Most trades & officesGmail, Google DriveLight setup - 11Admin
Never miss a license, insurance or registration renewal
Cowork keeps a sheet of every license, certificate of insurance, vehicle registration and bond the shop depends on, and emails reminders 60 and 30 days before each one expires.
Most trades & officesGoogle Drive, GmailLight setup - 12Admin / Leads
Sort the shared inbox and draft the routine replies
Every hour, Cowork reads the office's shared inbox, labels each message (new client, existing client, vendor, billing, spam) and writes reply drafts for the routine ones.
Most trades & officesGmail, Outlook / Microsoft 365, Google DriveMedium setup - 13Admin / People
Turn the owner's voice notes into written procedures
The owner talks through how a job or office task should be done; Cowork turns the transcript into a clean step-by-step procedure in Drive and asks follow-up questions where the steps are vague.
Most trades & officesGoogle DriveLight setup - 14Admin / Reporting
A 4 PM list of client emails nobody has answered
Every afternoon, Cowork finds client emails that have gone more than a day without a reply and sends the office manager one list, oldest first.
Insurance · Law · Real estateGmail, Outlook / Microsoft 365Light setup - 15Admin
Follow-up emails drafted from your meeting notes
After a client meeting, Cowork reads your notes or the meeting transcript and drafts the follow-up email with decisions, next steps and who owes what.
Insurance · Law · Real estateGoogle Calendar, Google Drive, GmailLight setup - 16Marketing / Leads
Thank-you notes to the people who refer you
Each week, Cowork finds new leads that came from a referral and drafts a short thank-you to the person who sent them, so referrers hear back while it still means something.
Most trades & officesJobber, HubSpot, Gmail +1Light setup - 17Marketing
First drafts of listing descriptions from your walkthrough notes
After a listing walkthrough, the agent's notes go into Drive and Cowork drafts the listing description, a shorter social version and a feature list, and flags fair-housing wording to check.
Real estateGoogle DriveLight setup - 18Marketing / Reporting
Showing feedback, collected and summarized for the seller
For listing agents, Cowork drafts feedback requests to buyer agents after each showing, then turns the replies into a weekly summary for the seller.
Real estateGmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive +1Light setup
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