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AI Tools for Commercial Real Estate (Fall 2025 Edition)

If you haven’t noticed, we’ve been exploring use cases, training, and tools related to AI in commercial real estate a lot lately! The reason is that Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to revolutionize the commercial real estate industry by transforming the way acquisitions, development, management, advisory, and marketing teams in the industry operate. AI tools are enabling CRE teams to process vast amounts of financial data, automate repetitive tasks, repackage existing content in more palatable formats, and gain valuable insights that can inform strategic decision-making.

In this blog post, we explore some of the AI tools that are most relevant to commercial real estate. This space is moving very fast. And so, as the industry adopts these tools, and as entrepreneurs create new tools, we will regularly release updated editions to this post.

Several years ago, we began adding updates to the key AI tools that we view as applicable to CRE. Those updates are included as bullet points to the tools below. We’ve also begun to add and remove tools based on their adoption, continued development, and/or emergence. We update this post on at least a quarterly basis, or as major updates came along.

Note from Spencer and Michael: We provide this post as a service, but do not endorse any of the tools listed here. While Spencer is a co-founder of a vertical AI agentic platform and A.CRE is the creator of an AI educational community for CRE, we seek to provide a fair airing of all AI applications that may benefit CRE professionals. If you have an AI tool you’d like added to this post, shoot us a note and we’ll consider whether it’s relevant.

One of the great unlocks of generative AI is that it empowers non-technical professionals—like those of us in commercial real estate—to build bespoke solutions for bespoke problems quickly and at minimal cost.

Regular AI Use Is the New Baseline

Artificial intelligence—whatever that actually means these days!—is rapidly becoming an integral part of how work gets done in commercial real estate. Whether you’re in acquisitions, development, management, investor relations, or brokerage, using AI regularly is now the expected baseline in a growing number of firms.

The true differentiator now lies in how reflexively you use these tools—integrating them seamlessly into your daily tasks to streamline workflows, automate tedious processes, and unlock new insights. By adopting an AI-first mindset, you free up time from the mundane and focus on what truly moves the needle: strategic thinking, better decision-making, and stronger relationships.

This guide introduces you to a growing list of AI tools applicable to real estate, each designed to help you work smarter, faster, and more efficiently.

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Natural Language Models and Interfaces

OpenAI ChatGPT, ChatGPT Enterprise, and ChatGPT for Teams.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT continues evolving as the most widely adopted natural language interface, now supporting a vibrant ecosystem of third-party apps, enhanced agent capabilities, and deep integration with services like Canva and Zillow. At OpenAI Dev Day 2025, the company announced an Apps SDK that transforms ChatGPT into a full-fledged AI platform—users can discover, use, and build interactive applications directly within the chat experience, including immersive modes for richer interfaces (Link).

  • Apps SDK Launch: Developers can now create and publish interactive ChatGPT apps that users access natively, expanding workflows beyond conversations.
  • AgentKit & ChatKit: New kits empower developers to build autonomous agents and chat apps with advanced context and memory.
  • GPT-5 Pro API: GPT-5 Pro, offering improved reasoning and accuracy, is now available to developers via API for production-grade solutions.
  • Expanded Integrations: Users can interact with Canva, Coursera, Zillow, and other partner services directly inside ChatGPT, including full-screen and multimodal experiences.
  • User Base Growth: ChatGPT surpassed 800 million weekly active users as of October 2025.
  • Voice Mode Upgrades: Improved voice interaction and app switching, with smoother transitions and richer natural language understanding.
  • Performance and Search: Search responses now handle longer context, multi-step requests, and smarter auto-searches in complex dialogues.
  • Security and Policy: OpenAI published new reporting tools and expanded protections to detect and disrupt malicious uses of AI.

Anthropic Claude AI, Claude Enterprise, and Claude for Teams.

Anthropic’s Claude, developed by former OpenAI researchers, remains a leading generative AI family for natural conversation, reasoning, and coding, now rapidly accelerating enterprise transformation and agentic AI workflow adoption (Link).

  • Claude Sonnet 4.5 Released: The newest model, Sonnet 4.5, sets a new benchmark in coding and agent performance, featuring advanced reasoning and alignment safeguards and improving robustness against prompt injection attacks. It also introduces checkpoints, a native VS Code extension, longer context editing, and memory tools for agents in the Claude API.
  • Claude Agent SDK: Anthropic launched the Agent SDK, empowering enterprises and developers to build fully autonomous AI agents using Claude’s infrastructure—the same building blocks used internally for agentic workflows.
  • Enterprise Impact: Major organizations like Salesforce, Netflix, and HackerOne now use Claude to build autonomous business agents that execute end-to-end workflows—an evolution from AI assistant to trusted AI collaborator.
  • Data Security & Alignment: Claude Sonnet 4.5 is Anthropic’s most aligned frontier model yet, delivered with strict AI Safety Level 3 protections, dynamic grounding, enhanced auditability, and improved classifier technology for sensitive tasks in highly regulated industries.
  • Expanded Availability: Claude for Chrome extension is now live for Max users, while Claude Enterprise is being rapidly adopted across educational institutions and Fortune 500 firms for document analysis and collaboration.
  • Privacy & Retention Policy Update: Anthropic extended its data retention and privacy controls, allowing users more granular choices about data sharing and ensuring long-term training improvements and stronger safety protocols.

Google Gemini

Google’s Gemini (formerly Bard) is a next-generation conversational AI platform powering deep integrations with Chrome, Search, Workspace, Google Home, and Canvas, recently expanded for enterprise, agentic, and multimodal functionality across web, mobile, and smart home devices (Link).

  • Gemini Enterprise Launch: Google introduced Gemini Enterprise, a premium AI platform for business clients, enabling organizations to build, deploy, and manage custom AI agents with enhanced security, integration, and workflow automation.
  • Gemini for Home Migration: Gemini is replacing Google Assistant on Nest smart speakers and displays in the U.S., bringing more advanced conversational control, natural-language video search, and AI-powered camera summaries via the revamped Google Home app. Early Access began in October, with broader rollout and regional expansion planned for 2026.
  • Gemini 2.5 Computer Use Model: A new specialized model for agents that natively interacts with software interfaces—filling forms, operating dropdowns, controlling apps—now available via Gemini API, outperforming alternatives in workplace automation.
  • Gemini Live & Nano Banana: Gemini Live enables real-time, hands-free help using interactive voice and camera input, while Nano Banana brings advanced image generation and editing directly into the Gemini app—shown via Google’s 10 creative use cases.
  • Search AI Mode & Language Expansion: Gemini-powered AI Mode now includes visual search, improved agent capabilities, and support for Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish, transforming global search and shopping.
  • Flash Image and Audio Models: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image now supports high-quality image generation; native audio models deliver improved dialogue and multimodal output, with APIs for developers.
  • Robotics Model Preview: Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5 debuted for advanced robotics control via API preview, further extending AI agent reach.

xAI Grok

Elon Musk’s xAI advances Grok as a real-time AI assistant integrated with X, now featuring multi-agent reasoning, real-world data access, and multimodal generation for text, images, audio, and video (Link).

  • Text-to-Video Generation: As of October, Grok’s “Imagine” feature produces 6-second AI-generated video clips with sound and smooth transitions, merging images and text into animations for X and web content creators. Expansion to longer clips is underway for Premium+ and SuperGrok subscribers.
  • Multi-Agent Orchestration: Grok 4 Heavy employs up to five parallel agents for complex queries, reducing hallucinations and boosting accuracy—ideal for financial analysis, research, and enterprise workflows.
  • Live Real-World Data: Grok delivers up-to-date insights by actively ingesting data streams from X, online news, and SEC filings, enabling highly relevant and current responses beyond static model cutoffs.
  • Expanded Access and Pricing: Grok’s tiers now include free Auto mode, $35 professional multimodal access, $60 power user tier for beta and faster pipelines, and $300 enterprise developer plans. All tiers provide instant code generation and real-time search.
  • Open-Source Release: Grok 2.5 was open-sourced under Apache 2.0 in August, with code, weights, and training scripts available to the community. Grok 3 open release is planned by year-end, supporting wider adoption.
  • Enhanced Safety and Memory: New safety measures further reduce hallucinations and support persistent memory—Grok now remembers user context across multi-step interactions, enhancing reliability for professional users.
  • Developer API Expansion: Grok 4 Pro and Grok Code APIs now support full integration with enterprise data analytics stacks, enabling richer developer tooling, user dashboards, and advanced monitoring.

Meta Llama

Meta’s foray into the large language model space with their “open source” LLM. Llama is either accessed through frontend interfaces such as Meta.ai or by installing on your machine locally. (Link)

  • Llama 4 Released (Apr 5, 2025): Meta unveiled Llama 4, introducing three models—Scout, Maverick, and the forthcoming Behemoth. These models are natively multimodal, capable of processing text, images, audio, and video. Scout supports a 10 million token context window, while Maverick offers 400 billion parameters with a 1 million token context window. The user base passed 650 million downloads; new hosting partnerships and expanded moderation tools (Llama Guard, Prompt Guard, Firewall, Code Shield) strengthen security and regulatory compliance. Approved for U.S. government use and new language support for global apps.

DeepSeek

DeepSeek, originally incubated within quantitative hedge fund High-Flyer, has emerged as a leading developer of open-source large language models. Known for building efficient, low-cost alternatives to U.S. tech giants, its models are widely used by developers seeking transparency and performance. (Link)

  • DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp Released (Sept 28, 2025): An experimental model featuring DeepSeek Sparse Attention (DSA) for more efficient training and long-context inference with minimal quality loss; benchmark performance matches V3.1-Terminus, with 75% lower compute cost.
  • API Pricing Cut: DeepSeek API prices have dropped by 50%+; both V3.2-Exp and V3.1-Terminus are available for comparison.
  • Lightning Indexer: New indexer for faster long-context predictions reduces computational load and improves inference speed.
  • Open Source Release: Weights, kernels (TileLang, CUDA), and tech reports are open for researchers and developers via Hugging Face and GitHub.
  • Domain-Specific Training: Expanded training with mathematical and coding tasks; further real-world testing underway.

Educational Solutions – AI in Real Estate

As AI transforms commercial real estate, learning to use AI is emerging as an absolute necessity. A growing set of programs and memberships now teach CRE professionals how to integrate AI into their workflows, from research and underwriting to operations and marketing. Below are leading solutions available in 2025.

  • AI.Edge (Course + Community – Ongoing): AI course for real estate, practical AI learning community created by industry veterans who currently apply AI at scale.
    • Newly launched in August 2025, AI.Edge now features monthly Skill Drops (timely lessons each month), AI Multipliers (exclusive tools, prompts, and members-only apps like the AI Advisory Board), the Intelligence Brief (monthly curated insights), and The Build Showcase (community build competitions and sharing).
    • The AI-Native Foundation course is now on-demand, regularly updated, and builds baseline fluency fast.
    • Recent additions include a full “AI Agents for CRE” lesson/quiz and a 9-week AI-Native Playbook (Link).
  • AI for CRE Collective (Community – Skool): A collaborative learning community focused on actionable AI in CRE. Members gain access to prompt libraries, workflow automations, weekly AI × CRE intel, proprietary systems, and optional AI build services, all designed to accelerate adoption. (Link)
  • UCLA Extension – Artificial Intelligence in Real Estate (Live Online, Sept 22, 2025): The latest course covers the growing role of AI in valuation, analytics, investment optimization, location selection, and migration patterns. It explores ethical implications through case studies and practical examples. New for Fall: the class now sets prerequisites (market/financial analysis experience), features corporate education tracks, and supports community outreach/donations. (Link)
  • Implementing AI in CRE (Starting Sept 11, 2025): A hybrid format with 6 modules, 120+ lessons, 4+ hours of video, plus weekly live Q&A. Topics include prompting, regression and neural nets, market analysis, DCFs, site selection, RAG workflows, CRM automations, and marketing. Certificate of completion included. Praised for its step-by-step practicality. (Link)
  • Columbia Plus – Artificial Intelligence in Real Estate (Live Online, Sept 22 – Nov 12, 2025): Delivered by Columbia Engineering with 8 modules (~6–8 hours/week), guest lectures, hands-on coding, and a group project. Led by Josh Panknin, it emphasizes AI/ML strategy in real estate. Tuition: $2,000 with early-bird discounts. (Link)

AI Agentic Platforms (Horizontal and Vertical)

AI Agentic Platforms are environments that enable the deployment, coordination, and management of autonomous AI agents. These agents perceive their environment, make decisions, and execute actions iteratively toward achieving defined objectives. Unlike traditional SaaS tools, agentic platforms go beyond single-task automation — they integrate data sources, software tools, and dynamic workflows to perform complex, multi-step tasks autonomously. Agentic platforms typically allow users to create, modify, and orchestrate multiple AI agents with varying roles and toolsets.

Horizontal

  • Beam AI (Horizontal): Beam.AI unveiled new integrations in October 2025, connecting directly to Microsoft Business, SharePoint, Apaleo, Google Sheets, TapClicks, and HubSpot for richer data-driven task automation. Platform updates added unified tool creation/testing, improved image/text parsing, progress tracking for agent setup, and smarter parameter extraction. ML-powered upgrades boost performance, faster PDF uploads, longer task memory, and AI-powered clarifications. Workspace management is now more streamlined, and bug fixes have strengthened reliability and efficiency. (Link)
  • Lindy (Horizontal): Lindy’s September release added support for Gemini 2.5 Pro and new GPT-4.1 models (Nano, Mini, and 4.1). Context management actions improve state retention for agents, plus Google Docs/PDF actions make document workflows simpler. New agent monitoring, partner portal, and expanded web scrapers are now live. Beta “Code Action” lets users run Python/JS directly within workflows for custom automation. Multi-account support and WhatsApp integration make Lindy more versatile across inboxes and teams. (Link)
  • AgentForce (Horizontal): Salesforce launched Agentforce IT Service with over 100 pre-built connectors and integrations (October 2025), unifying IT and HR workflows for auto-resolution and improved productivity. Winter ’26 updates for Agentforce Sales introduce enhanced security/privacy centers, new web-based lead generation agents, improved platform stability, and Customer360 productivity upgrades. Revised certification now emphasizes advanced agentic workflows and security. (Link)
  • Google Vertex AI (Horizontal): Google Vertex AI is a horizontal AI platform that helps businesses build, deploy, and scale machine learning models across industries. (Link)
  • Microsoft Copilot Agents (Horizontal): Microsoft Copilot Agents are horizontal AI assistants integrated into Microsoft 365, automating tasks across business functions to boost productivity. (Link)
  • Gumloop (Horizontal): A no-code AI workflow automation platform that connects data across multiple sources, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity, Google, and enterprise apps like Slack, Notion, and Salesforce. Enables AI-driven automation for web scraping, SEO, document processing, and business analytics. (Link)
  • n8n (Horizontal): An AI-native workflow automation platform designed for technical teams. Supports multi-step AI agents, real-time data integration, and custom automation using JavaScript, Python, and 400+ integrations. (Link)
  • Manus (Horizontal): Built by Chinese startup Monica (Butterfly Effect AI), Manus is a multi-agent AI platform that autonomously executes complex tasks like resume screening, stock analysis, and site creation. It uses a modular sub-agent architecture and gained global attention in March 2025 with strong GAIA benchmark performance. (Link)
  • Relevance AI (Horizontal): Relevance AI is a no-code platform that empowers teams and subject-matter experts to build and manage scalable teams of AI agents. (Link)
  • Pipedream (Horizontal): Pipedream has evolved into an agentic automation platform with its AI Agent Builder (“String”), enabling agents to be built and deployed from natural language. (Link)

Vertical (CRE-Relevant)

  • Symphony (Vertical – HR): SymphonyAI has expanded its IRIS Foundry platform with direct Microsoft Teams and Copilot integration, enabling frontline teams to launch AI-driven maintenance, quality, and energy workflows inside corporate collaboration tools. SymphonyAI was named a Leader in the Green Quadrant: Industrial AI Analytics Software (2025) by Verdantix, citing significant impact on efficiency, cycle times, and downtime. Enterprise adoption has accelerated across manufacturing and energy verticals, with measurable results like a 7% OEE gain and 15% reduction in unplanned downtime. (Link)
  • Karmen (Vertical – Construction): Karmen remains a leading AI assistant for construction project managers, automating invoice approvals, RFI and change order tracking via integration with emails and project management platforms like Procore. The platform reportedly saves managers three hours per day and has improved adoption across general contractors and owners for admin process automation. (Link)
  • Fresco (Vertical – Construction): Fresco’s AI copilot is now widely adopted by construction superintendents, leveraging video and voice transcription to automate daily logs, punch lists, and documentation in real time during site walks. Users report a 90% reduction in information retrieval time and major productivity gains for project managers and supers, with seamless integration into Procore and ACC for actionable jobsite insights. (Link)
  • CRE Agents (Vertical – Real Estate): CRE Agents seeks to be the AI operating layer for commercial real estate—automating repetitive work across 17+ functional areas (acquisitions, asset management, brokerage, development, etc.) by streamlining processes and supporting broker engagement and asset management. Recently launched limited Pilot Program for select waitlist members (Link).

AI Coding Platforms and Tools

These platforms empower non-technical users—such as commercial real estate professionals and other subject-matter experts—to build applications without writing code. Sometimes called vibe coding platforms, they simplify development, automate workflows, and allow teams to rapidly prototype tools.

  • Lovable.dev: Lovable Cloud launched (October 2025), enabling full-stack app building with zero manual database or authentication setup. Lovable AI now lets users build custom AI-native apps—like chat assistants, avatar/image generators, and coaching tools—entirely through chat and voice.
    • Embedded Gemini-powered AI is free for all new apps through October 13; new “turn files into apps” feature lets you instantly convert resumes, spreadsheets, and presentations into interactive software.
    • Security features and admin controls have been expanded, and a recent 7-day challenge resulted in thousands of new projects and showcased builds. (Link)
  • v0.dev: Vercel’s v0 now supports direct image element editing in design mode (October 2025), allowing prompt-based regeneration and dynamic modifications—removing the need for Photoshop or third-party tools.
    • The platform’s AI agent now offers experience for a wide range of roles (not just developers), and context-driven design adjustments are available.
    • Recent iOS app beta, team templates, and quick palette/font/shadow changes make prototyping more powerful.
    • Current models include v0-1.5-sm/md/lg, plus OpenAI GPT-5. (Link)
  • Bolt.new: StackBlitz’s browser-based full-stack development tool, requiring no local setup. Recent expansions added hosting, authentication, databases, SEO, payments, and analytics—transforming it into an end-to-end development and deployment platform.Link
  • RooCode (VS Code Extension): An AI-native VS Code assistant with multi-model support and plugin ecosystem. Recent updates brought clickable filenames, long-context support with GLM-4.5-Air (151k tokens), Grok Code Fast integration, Qwen CLI API access, and stronger security. Link
  • Cursor: A modern AI coding editor that enhances productivity with project-aware suggestions. Version 1.2 added more resilient background agents, Slack and PR integrations, and better conflict handling. New enterprise controls support AI-code tracking, admin blocklists, and exports. Link
  • OpenAI Codex: Now generally available, Codex uses GPT-5-Codex for agentic workflows, supporting adaptive thinking, multi-hour refactoring, comprehensive code reviews, and deep IDE integrations (VS Code, Cursor, GitHub PR automation, Rust CLI). (Link)
  • Claude Code: Anthropic’s developer-focused AI tool that understands codebases and executes tasks via natural language. Now available in Enterprise and Team plans, it includes compliance APIs, governance features, cost-tracking, and revised privacy policies extending retention to 5 years (with opt-outs). Link
  • Gemini Canvas: Google’s prototyping environment for apps, content, and internal tools powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro. New multimodal features allow prompting via camera and microphone, alongside upgrades to Deep Research, Veo 3 video generation, and Imagen 4 integration. Link
  • Glide Apps: No-code platform that enables operations teams to transform spreadsheets or database sources into fully functional, professionally styled web and mobile apps via drag-and-drop UI, integrated data management, workflow automation, and AI-assisted app building—all without writing a line of code. (Link)
  • Bubble: Bubble.io is a no-code platform that empowers non-technical users—from solo founders to enterprise teams—to visually design, develop, and deploy full-stack web applications. Its drag-and-drop interface, powerful workflow engine, built-in database, and API integration tools make it possible to build scalable, database-driven apps—like marketplaces, dashboards, or SaaS platforms—without writing any code. (Link)

Purpose-Built AI Tools/Apps for CRE

While agentic platforms support the creation and execution of autonomous agents, these software tools represent targeted AI-powered applications built specifically for commercial real estate. They typically focus on single-use cases like lease abstraction, underwriting automation, presentation creation, or communication management.

  • LeaseLens: AI lease abstraction platform offering exports at $25 per commercial lease. (Link)
  • Pipe.CRE: Unlocking the value of unstructured lease, sale, and expense comp data sitting on every users drive. (Link)
  • Prophia: Asset and portfolio management platform with AI lease abstraction, now featuring instant abstraction for fast insights. (Link)
  • Henry AI: AI-driven presentation platform that generates polished, deal-ready CRE decks from comps and underwriting data. (Link)
  • Proda AI: Rent roll processing and roll-up platform with flexible API column configuration. (Link)
  • Archer: Multifamily underwriting and investment platform with AI parsing, analysis, and a new comps benchmarking dashboard. (Link)
  • DocSumo: AI document processing for underwriting, extracting and digitizing financial and lease data. (Link)
  • Elise AI: AI property management platform automating leasing, resident communications, service requests, and payments. (Link)

Custom GPTs for CRE

Since custom GPTs were released by OpenAI in late 2023, we’ve been experimenting with and creating custom GPTs for commercial real estate. Below are several domain-specific GPTs we’ve built (now available to both paid and free users of ChatGPT).

  • Advanced Mortgage Amortization Schedule: A tool that simplifies the process of building a mortgage amortization table by taking a series of inputs and automatically filling them into our Advanced Mortgage Amortization Schedule Excel model.
  • Basic Real Estate DCF Model: A GPT that creates a basic DCF for the user, ultimately returning an Excel file to download with the results of the DCF including inputs, calculations, and return outputs.
  • Code Helper for Financial Models: A GPT to help quickly audit, assess, and improve VBA code in Excel Financial Models such as those found on A.CRE. This custom GPT helped build our Excel 4 CRE custom add-in.
  • Cover Letter Composer by A.CRE: A well-trained custom GPT that helps you draft a professional cover letter using a proven cover letter framework used by top universities and career coaches.
  • CRE Technical Interview Coach: Friendly guide for real estate interview prep, focusing on case studies and modeling. This GPT helps users learn knowledge they need to tackle real estate technical interviews.
  • Real Estate Case Studies Creator: A creative writer for real estate case studies. This GPT is tailor-built for young professionals looking to practice real estate financial modeling, professors looking to create cases for their lectures, and hiring managers wanting to build proficiency testing tools.
  • STNL Sales Comp Analysis Tool: A GPT that helps users analyze single-tenant net lease (STNL) sales comps by generating key metrics and insights from input data, streamlining the process for evaluating comparable property sales.
  • STNL Valuation Model Custom GPT: This GPT helps users perform valuations for Single-Tenant Net Lease (STNL) properties by guiding them through key inputs, including rent, cap rates, and tenant credit, to generate a comprehensive valuation model for investment analysis.

Tools for Excel and Google Sheets

  • Excel 4 CRE Add-in. A free custom Excel add-in designed for commercial real estate professionals built by the team at A.CRE. Now includes AI-powered formula explanations, writing assistance, and Excel help, making it easier to understand, create, and debug financial models efficiently. (Link)
  • FormulaBot. Now a full-featured AI-powered data analysis and transformation platform. Users can connect, analyze, visualize, clean, transform, and enrich data across multiple sources, including Excel, Google Sheets, Google Analytics, and more. Features include AI-generated insights, automatic chart creation, SQL query generation, spreadsheet automation, and text-to-formula conversion. (Link)
  • SheetGod. Create intricate Excel formulas, macros, and automate manual tasks, using plain English and Google Appscript code snippets with the help of AI technology. (Link)
  • MS Copilot in Excel. Unlock insights, identify trends or create professional-looking data visualizations in a fraction of the time. (Link)
  • Formula Dog. This tool automatically converts text to Excel formulas, VBA code, and Regex, providing explanations along the way. Also compatible with Google Sheets, Airtable, and Notion. (Link)
  • GPTExcel. A tool that generates complex Excel formulas from plain text. (Link)
  • Endex: Currently an Excel-addin, this Excel-native AI agent seeks to offer in-sheet modeling, sourcing, and audited outputs. (Link)
  • Shortcut AI: Web-based and available directly live in Excel via a plugin, AI agent that helps automate spreadsheet tasks, including data cleaning, model building, and chart creation. (Link)

Tools for Writing, Document Creation, and Editing

  • LLMs. Use language prediction models to draft new and/or edit existing text.
    • See ‘Natural Language Models and Interfaces’ section above for latest updates.
  • MS CoPilot in Word. Write, edit, summarize and create in Word. (Link)
  • CheckboxAI. Streamline document drafting, approvals, and e-signature process. The tool uses OpenAI’s GPT to help teams manage tasks and questions faster and easier. (Link)
  • Type. AI-first document creation and editing tool. (Link)
  • WordviceAI. Improve English writing with automatic error detection and correction capabilities. (Link)
  • DocuWriter.ai. This tool auto-generates documentation from source code for all programming languages. (Link)
  • BeautifulAI. Effortlessly create stunning presentations in minutes with AI-assisted design and smart slides. (Link)
  • Handl. Handl is an AI document platform that transforms documents into data for multiple industries. (Link)
  • QuillBot. AI writing assistant for faster and improved content creation. Includes tools for paraphrasing, summarizing, grammar checking, and generating SEO-optimized text across various writing tasks. (Link)


Tools for Organizing, Structuring, and Analyzing Real Estate Data

  • OpenAI Advanced Data Analysis (formerly Code Interpreter). ChatGPT functionality that enables users to upload various files and execute operations like data analysis, image transformation, and code modification via ChatGPT. Now a built-in feature of ChatGPT, the feature can manage file uploads and downloads in diverse formats such as CSV/Excel.
  • Trellis. AI-powered data platform that converts unstructured data from financial documents, voice calls, and emails into structured SQL format, enabling data teams to run queries and extract insights efficiently across 200+ data sources.
  • LlamaIndex. Data framework for building LLM applications, enabling enterprises to connect, index, and query data from 160+ sources, and integrate with 40+ vector stores and document stores for diverse use cases.

Real Estate Data – Sourcing, Structuring, Analyzing

This section highlights key tools that help commercial real estate professionals source, structure, and analyze data from diverse formats and platforms to generate actionable insights.

  • OpenAI Advanced Data Analysis (formerly Code Interpreter): Built-in ChatGPT feature that handles file uploads in diverse formats (CSV, Excel, etc.) for advanced analysis, transformations, and code execution.
  • (See use cases and instructions for using Advanced Data Analysis)
  • Trellis: AI data platform that converts unstructured inputs (financial docs, calls, emails) into structured SQL, enabling queries and insights across 200+ data sources.
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  • LlamaIndex: Framework for building LLM applications that connect, index, and query data from 160+ sources, with integrations across 40+ vector and document stores.
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  • HelloData AI: AI analytics platform for multifamily CRE, providing automated rent comps, pricing and concession data, property condition scoring, and benchmarking from millions of units. (Link)


Tools for Improved Communication

  • Flowrite. Have your daily emails and messages written for you across your browser with an AI email writer tool. (Link)
  • Clockwise. A conversational AI calendar assistant that simplifies scheduling by finding optimal meeting times, rearranging events, and managing calendar changes based on user preferences. (Link)
  • MS CoPilot in Outlook. Synthesize and manage the inbox in Outlook. (Link)
  • Relationship Coach AI. AI help and recommendations when responding to communications. (Link)
  • Poised 2.0. An AI communication coach for confident and clear speaking. (Link)
  • Yoodli. Yoodli is an AI-powered speech coach that provides free personalized communication feedback. (Link)
  • Usetwain. Twain is an AI assistant that helps sales/marketing teams with effective outreach. (Link)


Tools for Social Media

  • Lately. Convert long-form content into dozens of social media posts. (Link)
  • Heyday. AI bot that engages with social media audience in comments. (Link)
  • Omneky. Generates personalized social media ads using AI. (Link)
  • UpHex. Automate Facebook (and other online) advertising campaigns. (Link)
  • AI Social Bio. AI Social Bio generates social media bios using keywords and influencer inspiration. (Link)


Tools for Marketing

  • Jasper. Generative AI platform that tailors brand-specific content for your business. (Link)
  • Jacquard. AI generated email, push, SMS, web, app, and social ad content. (Link)
  • Smartwrite. Writes personalized marketing emails. (Link)
  • Voicebooking. Converts written text to AI-generated voice files. (Link)
  • Resemble AI. Create voiceover from text with human-like voices, including your own. (Link)
  • MarketingBlocks AI. Ethan is an AI assistant that generates landing pages and other marketing assets. (Link)
  • BrandWell. AI content platform for producing long-form, SEO-optimized articles and running an end-to-end content engine. (Link)


Tools for Image and Design

  • Midjourney. Leading AI image generator with Version 7, offering higher quality, improved prompt interpretation, and early video/3D capabilities. (Link)
  • 4o Image Generation. OpenAI’s multimodal model for generating images directly from text prompts. (Link)
  • Flux. BlackForestLabs’ Flux.1 creates highly detailed images optimized for portraits, concept art, and marketing visuals. (Link)
  • Stability.AI. Suite of open generative design tools for AI image creation and editing. (Link)
  • Designs AI. AI-assisted design platform for quick creation of logos, videos, and graphics. (Link)
  • Adobe Sensei. AI framework integrated into Adobe products to simplify and enhance design workflows. (Link)
  • Adobe Photoshop. Uses Generative Expand to extend and edit images beyond their original scope with AI. (Link)
  • 2Short AI. Converts long-form videos into short, platform-ready clips for TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. (Link)
  • Deep Art Effects. Utilize artificial intelligence to conveniently and innovatively edit images. (Link)
  • Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image): Google’s new editor offering maskless multi-step edits and consistent object handling across images. (Link)
  • Krea AI: Real-time AI creative suite for generating, editing, enhancing, animating, and upscaling images and videos—up to ultra-high resolutions—via an intuitive canvas interface. (Link)


Tools for Video Generation

These tools enable users to create videos using AI, transforming text prompts, images, or scripts into dynamic video content. They are utilized for various applications, including marketing, training, and creative storytelling.

  • Sora: OpenAI’s Sora is now available as a standalone app for instant hyper-realistic video creation from text prompts, delivering realistic environments, kinetic motion, and atmospheric effects. Widespread usage is causing a shift in the trustworthiness of visual media—its realism is indistinguishable from professionally produced film, raising vital new questions about video authenticity. (Link)
  • Veo 3: Google’s Veo 3 now natively integrates audio and video generation (including lip-synced character voices), delivers cinematic quality clips up to 4K resolution, and is rolling out on YouTube Shorts for swift, creative video production. Veo’s “Fast” version offers lower-latency outputs at 480p with sound, available to millions of users for free in select regions. (Link)
  • HeyGen: HeyGen continues to expand its AI avatar studio, now supporting multi-language text-to-speech, digital doubles, and custom character lip-syncing for virtual humans. Its upgraded video pipeline enables richer avatar personality and scene rendering for marketing, training, and sales. (Link)
  • Kling AI: Kling now leads the market for affordable, highly realistic AI video generation with new “Elements” controls for customizing clips (start/end frames, perspective, environment). Kling’s lip-sync is rated the most realistic among AI tools, but video generation is slower (5–30 min/clip) and lacks integrated editing for longer projects. (Link)
  • Runway: Runway Gen-4 continues to push creative video boundary, offering advanced prompt editing (angle, weather, props), motion brush for dynamic movement, and real-time multi-step generation. Runway supports both creative experimentation for short films and commercial use for branded content. (Link)


Tools for Voice, Song and Audio Generation and Design

  • Suno AI. Generative song creation tool creates songs with a simple prompt. (Link).
    • Suno AI V4.5 includes improvements in vocal clarity, enhanced instrumentals, and greater control over the composition process, enabling users to generate more sophisticated and high-quality music tracks. (Link)
  • ElevenLabs. AI-powered voice generator that converts text to natural-sounding speech in 29 languages, ideal for creating lifelike audio for videos, audiobooks, games, and chatbots. (Link)


Conclusion – AI for Commercial Real Estate

AI is already changing the way we work in CRE. At Stablewood we underwrote over 50,000 deals and automated the creation of dozens of deliverables using AI—so I’ve seen the impact firsthand. The tools we’ve highlighted here are representative of what’s available, and they’re helping professionals move faster, work smarter, and make better decisions.

But a tools list isn’t enough. The key is knowing which tool to use for what task and how to use them effectively. That’s where education comes in. Whether you’re tinkering on your own (which is how I learn!) or joining a community-based AI learning environment like the AI.Edge, what matters is that you’re learning by doing.

We’ll keep testing what’s new, sharing what works, and evolving as the tech does. AI is moving fast. So can we.


Frequently Asked Questions about AI Tools for Commercial Real Estate

AI is becoming integral because it helps CRE teams process large volumes of financial data, automate repetitive tasks, and generate insights that inform strategic decisions. As the post states: “Artificial intelligence… is rapidly becoming an integral part of how work gets done in commercial real estate.”

Key categories include:

  • Natural language interfaces
  • Agentic platforms (both horizontal and vertical)
  • Purpose-built CRE apps
  • Excel and Google Sheets tools
  • AI coding platforms and tools
  • AI video generation tools
  • Writing/editing tools
  • Communication enhancers
  • Marketing tools
  • Data/image/audio generation platforms

The guide covers:

  • OpenAI’s ChatGPT
  • Anthropic’s Claude
  • Google Gemini
  • Meta’s Llama
  • xAI’s Grok
  • DeepSeek

The guide also highlights Gemini Canvas, Claude Code, and OpenAI Codex as tools offering natural language support for building applications.
Each offers features like enhanced memory, image/audio generation, web browsing, and task-specific agents.

Vertical platforms are industry-specific AI systems tailored to unique workflows. For CRE, platforms like CRE Agents automate tasks across acquisitions, development, asset management, and brokerage, offering “Digital Coworkers for real estate.”

Examples include:

  • LeaseLens – lease abstraction
  • Prophia and PipeCRE – asset and workflow management
  • Proda AI – rent roll processing
  • Elise AI – property management communication
  • DocSumo – document digitization
  • Archer – multifamily underwriting and deal pipeline automation

These tools focus on specific workflows, offering plug-and-play solutions.

Featured tools include:

  • Excel 4 CRE Add-in – AI-powered modeling help
  • FormulaBot, SheetGod, Formula Dog, GPTExcel – automate and generate formulas
  • MS Copilot in Excel – visualization and insights

These enhance data manipulation and analysis directly in spreadsheet environments.

A.CRE has developed GPTs such as:

  • Advanced Mortgage Amortization Schedule GPT
  • Basic Real Estate DCF Model GPT
  • CRE Technical Interview Coach
  • STNL Valuation GPT
  • Real Estate Case Studies Creator

These help automate and educate across modeling, valuation, and career development.

The guide is updated at least quarterly or as major updates occur. According to the authors: “We will regularly release updated editions to this post… based on their adoption, continued development, and/or emergence.” The most recent update included new sections for AI coding tools and video generation platforms.

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About the Author: Spencer Burton is Co-Founder and CEO of CRE Agents, an AI-powered platform training digital coworkers for commercial real estate. He has 20+ years of CRE experience and has underwritten over $30 billion in real estate across top institutional firms.

Spencer also co-founded Adventures in CRE, served as President at Stablewood, and holds a BS in International Affairs from Florida State University and a Masters in Real Estate Finance from Cornell University.