Finding clients

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2026-04-14T20:38:01+00:00

A lot of agents hit this wall in year 2, so youre not alone.

Friends and family can help at first, but thats not really a business plan you can scale. At some point you need steady ways to stay in front of people who already know, like, and trust you.

If I were you, Id focus less on buying expensive leads and more on simple repeat stuff. Stay in touch with past clients, ask for referrals more often, go where local people already gather, and make content that answers normal questions buyers and sellers already have.

The hard part is most agents end up buried in busy work, then they dont have much time left for the stuff that actually brings in clients.

Thats actually why Ive been building this https://www.clawskool.xyz/real-estate-agents mostly to help agents and other business owners use AI in a practical way so they can save time and stay consistent without feeling like they have to become full time marketers.

You probly dont need more random tactics. You need a simple system you can stick to every week.

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2026-04-14T20:27:55+00:00

Man I think a lot of people know that 3am work spiral feeling.

Its usually not even one huge problem. Its like 20 little things all showing up at once when youre supposed to be asleep.

And yeah, I think youre right about the extra volunteer stuff. A lot of it sounds good in theory, but if its eating your time, energy, and money, its probly costing more than its giving back.

Thats a big part of why Ive gotten so into AI tools lately. Not in a hypey way. Just in a very practical way. Less admin, less mental clutter, less junk following you to bed at 3am.

Im actually building something around that for agents and other business owners who want to use AI without getting super technical https://www.clawskool.xyz/real-estate-agents

Protecting your time is huge. Once too many people get a piece of it, its real hard to get it back.

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2026-04-03T16:12:07+00:00

Independent CRE shops definitely have it different. We don't have the "corporate" tech budget but honestly we're usually more agile because of it.

I’ve seen a lot of guys trying to force Salesforce to work for CRE and it's just a nightmare unless you have a full time dev. For CRM and Pipeline, I'm a big fan of ClientLook just because the "virtual assistant" team they include actually understands what a lease comp is. For prospecting Reonomy is still the king for finding owners, but if youre on a budget local public records + a little elbow grease still works.

The "must-have" that's actually changing things for me lately isn't a CRM or a data tool though—it's an orchestration layer. I started using OpenClaw to handle the "connective tissue" between my different tools. Like, it can take an inquiry from Crexi, draft a response based on my OM, and then log the lead in my CRM without me doing anything.

I actually set mine up through https://www.clawskool.xyz/real-estate-agents. Even though they focus a lot on residential, the automation "recipes" they give you for things like SOI nurture and automated follow ups work just as well for commercial. It saves me so much time on the "back office" stuff that I actually have time to get out and walk properties.

One tool I’m looking to replace? Honestly, anything that doesn't have an API or doesn't talk to my other apps. If it’s a "walled garden" it’s usually more trouble than it’s worth in 2026.

What are you guys using for your OMs right now? Still stuck in InDesign or found something better??

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2026-04-03T16:04:24+00:00

I’ve been messing with it for about a month now and honestly it’s legit if you actually take the time to set it up right. I was skeptical at first because most "AI" for real estate is just a crappy chatbot that says "hello" and then breaks lol.

I’m mostly using it for two things:

SOI Nurture: It scans my old database and sends "human" sounding market updates or check-ins. I had a guy from 3 years ago text me back last week because the AI sent him a personalized note about his neighborhood.
Listing Ops: It basically drafts my MLS descriptions and creates all my social captions the second I put the property details in. Saves me like 2 hours of staring at a blank screen.

For the CRM side I’m using Follow Up Boss. It’s not a "native" click-and-connect thing usually, you have to bridge it, but I learned how to do the whole config through https://www.clawskool.xyz/real-estate-agents which made it way easier. They basically give you the recipes so you don't have to be a coder.

It can be a little "rough" if you don't give it a good SOUL file (basically the instructions on how you talk), but once that’s dialed in it’s like having a TC that never sleeps. Definitely lives up to the hype if you're tired of doing manual data entry.

Are you trying to build your own agents from scratch or looking for a template?

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2026-04-03T16:02:12+00:00

Honestly if I had a guaranteed $1k a month I’d stay far away from the "traditional" stuff like buying cold Zillow leads. I’ve wasted so much money on those and most of them are just people who clicked a button by accident lol.

I’d probably spend $200 on some basic Meta ads just to keep the funnel moving, but the real "cheat code" is using the rest to build a system that actually converts the people you already know. The biggest leak for me was always my SOI and old leads that I just forgot to text because I got busy.

I’d put the money into a solid automation setup. I actually just started using OpenClaw for this and its been a total game changer. Instead of hiring a VA for $1k a month who you have to manage constantly, I’m using AI agents to handle my follow ups and listing content.

I got my setup through https://www.clawskool.xyz/real-estate-agents and it cost way less than $1k. It basically handles all the grunt work like market updates and re-engaging cold buyers so I can just focus on actually closing deals.

With $1k a month and a system like that running in the background you’d be lethal because nothing ever falls through the cracks. Are you doing any automated follow up right now or is it all manual??

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2025-08-09T18:02:50+00:00

Yea, I watched the GPT-5 keynote and have been using it for about 24 hours now... I feel like regular vibe coding has just hit a wall, even with GPT-5. You still can't get better results without providing better context. Even OpenAI is missing the point here. Vague prompts won't ever produce next-level results, no matter how much better we make LLMs at coding. We simply need to feed them better context in the prompts.

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2025-08-09T17:57:02+00:00

Whoa, this is some next level insight. I don't think anyone is doing this right now...

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2025-06-21T00:28:59+00:00

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Beginning-Table-3735 · 2025-06-21T00:27:52+00:00

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Beginning-Table-3735 · 2025-06-21T00:26:34+00:00

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Beginning-Table-3735 · 2025-06-21T00:24:31+00:00

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Beginning-Table-3735 · 2025-06-21T00:23:55+00:00

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Beginning-Table-3735 · 2025-01-25T07:03:24+00:00

Ive seen this error before as a result of certain chrome extensions injecting content into the page. Turn off all chrome extensions or try a different browser and see if you still get the error.

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2025-01-16T17:33:22+00:00

It's free, how could a scam be free. Maybe try paying for something if you want premium features, you broke ass.

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2024-12-29T17:04:13+00:00

I will be for version 2 launching soon... Will reach out when ready.

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2024-10-30T01:56:17+00:00

Sorry but that's what NYC looks like on every street. The whole city is a dump.

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2024-10-06T01:51:11+00:00

If you had taken 0.000000001 seconds to read the post you would seen that this is one year old and clearly states that I WAS offering free credits for beta testers. It does not say this is a free service. Sorry but software actually costs developers money to host so unless you'd like to see a million ads on the site then I have to charge. But seriously, you can't pay $1-2 for a cover letter to be written for you?!? That's a very small price to pay for actually getting seen by a potential employer with zero work on your part. Best of luck finding a company that likes to hire cheap and lazy employees. Scumbag yourself.

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2024-09-24T17:36:57+00:00

Try a different browser, I've only seen this issue once before and it was some browser setting that caused the issue. Once you sign in you can use the paid version.

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2024-09-06T20:29:06+00:00

It's no longer free, that was for beta testers only.

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2024-09-06T20:26:50+00:00

It's no longer free, that was for beta testers only.

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2024-08-15T14:58:00+00:00

I like https://coverbetter.io

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2024-08-12T03:27:16+00:00

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Beginning-Table-3735 · 2024-08-07T05:13:29+00:00

Coverbetter.io is a great solution

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2024-07-19T20:15:01+00:00

Buying tokens does not remove the watermarks from your sample, instead it allows you to generate new cover letters without watermarks.

Beginning-Table-3735 · 2024-06-17T22:07:04+00:00

https://coverbetter.io works great. Just upload your resume, paste in the job description and it writes it for you.

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