Entries by Spencer Burton

The Power of In-Person Meetings in the Age of AI

There’s no denying it. AI is changing the game in commercial real estate. We’re seeing professionals across the industry use generative AI to automate underwriting, enhance marketing, analyze data, and speed up day-to-day tasks. In many cases, AI enables us to 10x our output while remaining lean and focused. At CRE Agents, we’ve embraced this […]

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From SaaS to Agentic Platforms: Why the Next Salesforce for CRE Will Be a Digital Coworker, Not a Dashboard

Introduction: The Broken Promise of CRE Tech For years, commercial real estate professionals have been promised transformation through technology. But ask any asset manager or acquisitions analyst, and you’ll hear a different story: too many tools, too much complexity, and too little impact on real work. We’re at a turning point. The next big leap […]

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Roadmap for Becoming an AI-Native CRE Firm

Commercial real estate (CRE) is entering a new era—one where AI-native firms will dramatically outpace their competitors in productivity, insights, and agility. But what does it actually mean to be “AI-native”? And more importantly, how can your firm get there? This post lays out a comprehensive, step-by-step strategy based on our Comprehensive Strategic Plan for […]

Behind the Scenes of Your Digital Coworker: A Team of AI Agents at Work

When you interact with a digital coworker at CRE Agents, it might feel like you’re talking to a single, capable assistant. But behind that seamless interface is something much more sophisticated—a team of “AI agents”, each trained for a specific role or workflow, coordinated by a central orchestrating agent. This structure mimics how high-performing teams […]

AI Hallucinates: Why CRE Pros Need Precision

Artificial intelligence is changing how we work in commercial real estate, but it’s not without risks. One of the biggest risks? Hallucinations. These are moments when generative AI literally makes things up, delivering information that sounds accurate but isn’t. And in CRE, where precision is everything, that’s a massive problem. In this post, we unpack […]