I don't usually write about tech news but this week was hard to ignore.

Perplexity launched something called Personal Computer. An AI agent that runs on your Mac around the clock, juggling 19 different models to do work while you sleep. OpenAI put out a model that can literally use your computer on its own. Open apps, click through screens, fill out forms. NVIDIA is dropping an open-source AI agent platform next week with Salesforce, Google, and Adobe behind it.

Claude Code, the tool I use every day to build Trevy, now accounts for 4% of all code on GitHub. Bloomberg called it "The Great Productivity Panic of 2026." It passed Copilot as the most-used AI coding tool in under a year.

The through line across all of it: AI stopped being the thing you ask questions to. It's becoming the thing that does work for you.

What does that mean if you sell houses?

McKinsey put out a report this month. They think AI agents could create $430 to $550 billion in value across real estate. And apparently 87% of agents already use some form of AI daily.

But here's what I keep running into talking to teams. Everyone knows they should be doing something with AI. Nobody knows what, beyond maybe writing a listing description or asking ChatGPT for social captions.

The real use case is operations. The follow-up that never happens. The leads sitting dead in your CRM for two months. Stage updates and tag cleanup eating your morning. Market research across four tabs before every client call.

That's what AI agents are already handling for some teams. Right now, this week, not in some pitch deck about the future.

One thing you can do this weekend

Go to claude.ai (it's free) and paste this:

"I run a real estate team of [X] agents using [your CRM]. We get leads from [Zillow, Realtor.com, Google Ads, whatever you use]. Our biggest pain points are [follow-up consistency, lead routing, database management, be honest]. What are the top 3 things I should automate first and how would each one work?"

Fill in the blanks for real. Don't be vague. The more specific you are, the better it gets. You'll get back something that would cost you $500 from a consultant.

Then pick one and go do it.

You don't need to learn to code. You don't need 40 YouTube tutorials. You just need to point AI at your actual business and ask where you're wasting time.

One last thing

Building AI systems for real estate teams is basically all I do these days. If you try the prompt and want help actually building what it recommends, reply to this email. I'll tell you if it's something I can help with.

And if you're on Follow Up Boss, I've been building an AI agent called Trevy that connects to your FUB account and runs it for you. Search leads, send personalized emails, update stages, add tags, route leads, manage deals, create tasks, schedule meetings. It pulls live market data, runs CMAs, looks up walk scores, school ratings, and neighborhood stats. It remembers your preferences across every conversation. 180+ tools, all through chat. You talk to it the way you'd talk to a VA who already knows your entire database. We're about to start letting people in. Reply if you want early access and I'll add you.

Talk soon,

Joey

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The real use case is operations. The follow-up that never happens. The leads sitting dead in your CRM for two months. Stage updates and tag cleanup eating your morning. Market research across four tabs before every client call.

That's what AI agents are already handling for some teams. Right now, this week, not in some pitch deck about the future.

Here's something you can do this weekend.

Go to claude.ai (it's free) and paste this:

"I run a real estate team of [X] agents using [your CRM]. We get leads from [Zillow, Realtor.com, Google Ads, whatever you use]. Our biggest pain points are [follow-up consistency, lead routing, database management, be honest]. What are the top 3 things I should automate first and how would each one work?"

Fill in the blanks for real. Don't be vague. The more specific you are, the better it gets. You'll get back something that would cost you $500 from a consultant.

Then pick one and go do it.

You don't need to learn to code. You don't need 40 YouTube tutorials. You just need to point AI at your actual business and ask where you're wasting time.

One last thing.

Building AI systems for real estate teams is basically all I do these days. If you try the prompt and want help actually building what it recommends, reply to this email. I'll tell you if it's something I can help with.

And if you're on Follow Up Boss, I've been building an AI agent called Trevy that connects to your FUB account and runs it for you. Search leads, send personalized emails, update stages, add tags, route leads, manage deals, create tasks, schedule meetings. It pulls live market data, runs CMAs, looks up walk scores, school ratings, and neighborhood stats. It remembers your preferences across every conversation. 180+ tools, all through chat. You talk to it the way you'd talk to a VA who already knows your entire database. We're about to start letting people in. Reply if you want early access and I'll add you.

Talk soon,

Joey

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